yote
/ˈjəʊt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of yete
verb
simple past of yeet
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Middle English yoten, yeten (“to pour”), from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian joote (“to pour”), West Frisian jitte (“to pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour”), German gießen (“to pour”), Danish gyde (“to pour”). Related to gush, geyser.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰewd-, yoten, ġēotan, *geutan, *geutaną