gore

gore · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷʰer-“hot; warm”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gurą“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gor
4. Old English · inherited fromgor“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”
5. Middle English · inherited fromgore
6. English todaygore

From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Cognate to Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt earth”).

gore · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰoysós
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gaizaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*gaiʀ
4. Old English · derived fromgār“spear”
5. Middle English · inherited fromgoren
6. English todaygore

From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English gār (“spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”).

gore · noun, verb³

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gaizô
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gaiʀō
3. Old English · inherited fromgāra
4. Middle English · inherited fromgore“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”
5. English todaygore

From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.

Gore · proper noun⁴

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

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