gauntlet
English
/ˈɡɔːnt.lət/
noun
Definitions
- Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
- A long glove covering the wrist.
- (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gauntelett derived from Old French gantelet (gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, and symbolizing a challenge, a token of one's personality person) derived from Frankish *want, *wantu (glove, mitten) derived from Latin wantus derived from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (glove, mitten).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wantuz
Gloss
glove, mitten
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demigauntlet English
- gauntleted English
- ungauntlet English
- wantus Latin
- agguantare Italian
- guanti Italian
- hoekwant Dutch, Flemish
- want Dutch, Flemish
- *wondʰnú- Proto-Indo-European
- *wantuz Proto-Germanic
- vante Swedish
- gauntelett Middle English
- vǫttr Old Norse
- gant Old French
- gantelet Old French
- guant Old French
- guant Catalan, Valencian
- want Middle Dutch
- want Afrikaans
- vøttur Faroese
- *vant'us Proto-Finnic
- wante Old Swedish
- *want, *wantu Frankish
- guant Old Occitan
- wante Papiamentu
- جوانتي Egyptian Arabic