Etymology

gantlope

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Today it means: The military punishment known as running the gauntlet. Full definition →

Swedish gatlopp
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The story

  1. Swedish · derived fromgata“street, lane”
  2. Swedish · borrowed fromgatlopp
  3. English todaygantlope

From Swedish gatlopp, from Swedish gata (“street, lane”) + lopp (“course, run”). Compare German Gassenlaufen.

Words from the same roots

Swedishgatlopp all →

gauntlet

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