Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of. · To estimate. · To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of. · To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard · An act of measuring. · An estimate. · Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.
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- Derivation mentiongaugeenm
- Cognate mentionjaugerfr
- Cognate mentionjaugierfro
- Derivation mention*galgôgem-pro · pole, stake, cross
- Derivation mention*ǵʰalgʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiongalgogoh
- Cognate mentiongalgaofs
- Cognate mentionġealgaang
- Cognate mentiongalginon
- Cognate mentiongelgjanon
- Doublet mentiongallowsen
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