gober
French
verb
Definitions
- to swallow whole
- (figuratively) to believe easily, without evidence; to buy
- (France) to ingest drugs, especially ecstasy or LSD.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish *gobbos derived from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (beak, muzzle, snout, mouth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵoph₃o- (eat, masticate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵoph₃o-
Gloss
eat, masticate
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gob English
- gobble English
- gobbler English
- gobblesome English
- gobbly English
- gobby English
- gobful English
- gobline English
- goboon English
- gobshite English
- gobsmacking English
- gobstopper English
- gobstruck English
- dégobiller French
- gobeur French
- *ǵebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵoph₃o- Proto-Indo-European
- globben Middle English
- gobben Middle English
- gob Irish
- gobach Irish
- gobadh Irish
- gop Old Irish
- gob Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gobach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *gobbos Proto-Celtic
- gobel Old Occitan
- *gobbos Gaulish