Etymology

gullet

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Today it means: The throat or esophagus. Full definition →

Middle English golet ← Old French goulet ← Latin gula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgula
  2. Old French · derived fromgoulet
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgolet
  4. English todaygullet

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgolet all →

gully

Old Frenchgoulet all →

gully

Latingula all →

gullygulagular

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