Etymology

Pizzagate

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Today it means: A 2004 controversy around the alleged throwing of food (variously reported as pizza, soup, or coffee) at Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by an unknown Arsenal player after a match between those two teams. Full definition →

English Watergatebf. ← French hôte ← Middle French hostel
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  1. Medieval Greekπίτα (píta)
  2. Neapolitanpizza
  3. Englishpizza
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  6. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  7. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  8. Old Englishwæter
  9. Middle Englishwater
  10. Englishwater
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʰe(n)d-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-eti
  13. Proto-Germanic*getaną
  14. Proto-Germanic*gatą
  15. Proto-West Germanic*gat
  16. Old Englishġeat
  17. Middle Englishgate
  18. Englishgate
  19. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  20. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  21. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  22. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  23. Latinhospes
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  26. Latinhospitālis
  27. Old Frenchostel
  28. Middle Frenchhostel
  29. Frenchhôte
  30. Englishhotel
  31. EnglishWatergate Hotel
  32. EnglishWatergatebf.
  33. English todayPizzagate

From pizza + -gate.

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