gate

Middle English

/ɡaːt/, /ˈɡaːt(ə)/

noun
Definitions
  • An entryway or entrance to a settlement or building; a gateway.
  • A gate door barring an entrance or gap in a fence
  • (figurative) A method or way of doing something or getting somewhere.
  • (figurative) Any kind of entrance or entryway; e.g. a crossing through mountains.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ġeat (door, gate, a gate) inherited from *gat inherited from Proto-Germanic *gatą (hole, opening).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*gatą

Gloss

hole, opening

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