goate

Signification

1. gutter
2. drainage ditch
3. splash, small amount of liquid
4. downpour

Étymologie

Probably from Middle Dutch gote or Middle Low German gāte, gōte, gȫte (“gutter”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutǭ (“groove; channel; gutter”), related to the verb *geutaną (“to pour”). Related to Old Frisian gete (“outpouring”); see geate.