Etymograph

English

regorge

Regorge comes from French regorger ‘to abound’, from gorge ‘throat’, and ultimately from Late Latin gurga.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgurga1
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gorge1‘throat’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentgorge2‘throat’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentregorger3‘to abound’
  5. Englishearliest quotation a. 1628regorge3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French gorge
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French regorger
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English regorge
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1628, John Hayward, The Life: “it was scoffingly said that he had eaten the…”.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgurgaWiktionary, French gorge
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gorgeWiktionary, French gorge‘throat’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgeWiktionary, French regorger‘throat’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentregorgerWiktionary, English regorge‘to abound’
  5. Englishearliest quotation a. 1628regorgeWiktionary, English regorge. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1628, John Hayward, The Life: “it was scoffingly said that he had eaten the…”

Every English word from Late Latin gurga

Today it means

verb To disgorge or vomit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “regorge”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for French gorge, French regorger. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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