Etymology

glut

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Today it means: An excess, too much. Full definition →

Middle English glotien /glotten ← Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier ← Latin gluttiō, gluttīre
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgluttiō, gluttīre
  2. Old French · derived fromgloter /glotir /glotoiier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromglotien /glotten
  4. English todayglut

Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).

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