The story
- Old Cornish · derived fromguit
- Cornish · borrowed fromgossen
- English todaygossan
Borrowed in the 1770s from Cornish gossen, from gōs (“blood”), from Old Cornish guit (compare Proto-Celtic *wolis).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gossan
Today it means: Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein. Full definition →
Cornish gossen ← Old Cornish guit