I've got a got

Catalan: un got = a glass.

Albanian: një gotë = a glass.

Any explanations? What's the common root? Could this be related to Goblet in English and Gota (a drop) in Spanish?

If you can link the word to Latin, then to Greek, the scenario seems a lot more plausible. Greek influenced many surrounding languages, it is certainly possible that this word ended up in these languages.

It seems possible to me that 'gota' could be the word for 'drop [of water]' in Latin, considering that French has 'goutte', Portuguese has 'gota', and Italian has 'goccia'.

todosmentira : An <goblet> vient de l'ancien français <gobelet> <goblet> <gubulet> <goubelet> qui lui serait dérivé de l'ancien occitan <gobel>.

Quant à Fr <goutte>, il provient de l'ancien français <goute> <goutte> <goucte> <gute> <gutte> <gote> <gotte> (etc) issu du latin <gutta>. Il en est sans doute de même de Es <gota> & It <gotta>.

Ah! So that explains why the medical shorthand for drops (as in "Instill two drops in affected eye three times a day") is gtt.

I some times get the feeling that with the passing of time words that come from the same origen sometimes tend to change a little but in a abstract way can be conected.

e.g

face(English)=cara(Portuguese)

face(Portuguese)=cheek(English)

There is a clear conection. The word in both cases can be conected to a part of the head.Time has made it mean something different.

In the same way 'got' (Catalan) and 'gotë' (Albanian) can be conected to 'Gota ' (Portuguese/Spanish) 'goutte' (French) and 'goccia' (Italian).

The enfisas having been placed on the content of the cup or the cup itself.

If I remember correctly, the Latin word for "drops" is "guttae". Hence, "gtt." (Most medical shorthand is based on Latin.) So I imagine the singular form would be "gutta".

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