Etymology

gossipred

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Today it means: Relationship by baptismal rites; spiritual affinity or parentage; sponsorship. Full definition →

Middle English gossibrede ← Old English godsibbrǣden
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  1. Old English · inherited fromgodsibbrǣden“sponsorial obligations”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgossibrede
  3. English todaygossipred

Inherited from Middle English gossibrede, gossiprede, from Old English godsibbrǣden (“sponsorial obligations”), equivalent to gossip + -red.

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