English

matchgate

From match + gate.

A compound of match + gate

Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’

Proto-West Germanic *makkjō

Old English mæċċa ‘companion’

Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’

English match

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Today it means

noun A weighted planar graph having some external nodes

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / matchgate