gavotte

The story

1. Old Provençal · derived fromgava“crop”
2. Old Occitan · derived fromGavot“Alp native”
3. Provençal · derived fromgavoto“dance of the mountain people”
4. English todaygavotte

From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”, literally “glutton, boor”), from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.