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gape

n.
US //ˈɡeɪp// UK //ɡˈeɪp// gape
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Origin

From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap.

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