Significado (Inglés)
- Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
- A long glove covering the wrist.
- A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
- An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈɡɔːnt.lət/
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In summary
From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”), a borrowing from Frankish *want (“glove; mitten”) and reinforced by Medieval Latin wantus (“glove”) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove; mitten”). Cognate with Dutch want (“mitten; shroud”), German Low German Want (“shroud”), Danish vante (“mitten”), Swedish vante (“glove; mitten”), Faroese vøttur (“glove; mitten”).
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