gout
English
/ɡaʊt/, [ɡʌut]
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- (usually) A spurt or splotch.
- (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gote derived from Latin gutta (drop, a drop, droplet, drop of fluid).
Origin
Latin
gutta
Gloss
drop, a drop, droplet, drop of fluid
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigout English
- gout-ridden English
- goutily English
- goutiness English
- goutweed English
- goutwort English
- gouty English
- gouty-handed English
- gt English
- gtt English
- guttation English
- guttiform English
- gutty English
- pseudogout English
- pseudogouty English
- ridden English
- weed English
- wort English
- *eguttāre Latin
- *guttia Latin
- gutta Latin
- guttatus Latin
- guttula Latin
- guta Hungarian
- gocciare Italian
- agotable Spanish, Castilian
- agotador Spanish, Castilian
- agotamiento Spanish, Castilian
- agotar Spanish, Castilian
- cuentagotas Spanish, Castilian
- desagotar Spanish, Castilian
- gota Spanish, Castilian
- gotear Spanish, Castilian
- gotero Spanish, Castilian
- pseudogota Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- gutta Middle English
- *guta Proto-Slavic
- degoter Old French
- gote Old French
- goute Old French
- goutter Old French
- gută Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เกาต์ Thai
- gutë Albanian
- goutte Middle French
- gota Old Portuguese
- gota Asturian
- gote Friulian
- gota Old Occitan
- gota Old Spanish
- guttere xno