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English
Etymology
From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-West Germanic , from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Cognate with Dutch goot (“a gutter, drain, gully”), German Gosse (“a gutter”). Related to Old English gutt (“gut, entrails”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast”). More at gut, yote.
Noun
gote (plural gotes)
- A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
1854, Notes and Queries, page 402:... "Sculcoates gote to the mid- stream of the river Humber" is mentioned. The following extract from Lord John Russell's Memoirs of Thomas Moore (vol. v. p. 28.) may throw light on the site of this gote, one of the
1857, James Joseph Sheahan, T. Whellan, History and Topography of the City of York: The Ainsty Wapentake; and the East Riding of Yorkshire; Embracing a General Review of the Early History of Great Britain, and a General History and Description of the County of York, page 377:... Sculcoates gote to the Humber, for the purpose of draining the marshes within his lordship. In the south aisle of the church of Sutton, were formerly to be seen the arms of the family in glass, and at a later period there was in the
1871, The Antiquary, page 132:... Sculcoates Gote to the Humber, after which it became the new waterway, so as to float large vessels from its mouth, northward to the point called "Sudcoates Gote, near the Charter House." Subsequently, disputes and much
1874, Charles Henry J. Anderson, The Lincoln pocket guide, page 31: a great controversie did arise in Co. Lincoln, about building of two new gotes at Skirbeck and Langrate (Langrick), for the draining of waters out of South Holland Fens into Boston Haven, which Sir Edward Dymoke with his friends supported.
- (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.
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Albanian
Noun
gote
- indefinite dative/ablative singular of gotë
Dutch
Verb
gote
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of gieten
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin gutta.
Noun
gote f (plural gutis)
- drop
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.te/
- Rhymes: -ɔte
- Hyphenation: gò‧te
Adjective
gote
- feminine plural of goto
Noun
gote f
- plural of gota
Middle English
Noun
gote
- alternative form of got
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gata f, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“street, passage”). Doublet of gate. Akin to Faroese gøta.
Noun
gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)
- a path, trail
- a passage with a fence or gate on either side
- Synonyms: geil, allé
Etymology 2
A kind of blend of gote f (“path”) and gatt n (“hole”), and gjot. The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)
- a hole
Etymology 3
From Old Norse goti, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.
Noun
gote m (definite singular goten, indefinite plural gotar, definite plural gotane)
- a Goth
- Synonym: gotar
References
- “gote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “gutu” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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Old French
Etymology
From Latin gutta.
Pronunciation
Noun
gote oblique singular, f (oblique plural gotes, nominative singular gote, nominative plural gotes)
- drop (of liquid)
Descendants