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Gap

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a break or opening in something, or a difference between two things
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Stage 1 of 2
gap
Old Norse · medieval
"an opening, a chasm"
an opening or chasm, especially in a landscape
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Stage 2 of 2
gap
English · 1300s
"a break or opening between two things"
settled as the standard English word for a break or opening
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