Etymology

gatepost

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Today it means: a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached. Full definition →

English post ← Middle English post ← Old French post
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The story

  1. Englishgate
  2. Latinpostis
  3. Old Englishpost
  4. Latinpostis
  5. Old Frenchpost
  6. Middle Englishpost
  7. Englishpost
  8. English todaygatepost

From gate + post.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.