gantry

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcanterius“trellis, sort of frame”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcantarium
3. Old Northern French · derived fromgantier
4. Middle English · inherited from*gaunter
5. English todaygantry

From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).