The story
- Latin · derived fromgutta“drop”
- Old French · derived fromgoutte
- Middle English · inherited fromgoute
- English todaygoutte
From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishgoute all →
gout
Latingutta all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.