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Gait

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a person's particular manner or style of walking
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Stage 1 of 2
gata
Old Norse · medieval
"a way, a path"
a way, a path, later extended to describe a manner of walking
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Stage 2 of 2
gait
English · 1400s
"a person's manner of walking"
settled as the English word for a person's manner of walking
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