myEtymology.com: French etymology of gulf

Etymology of the French word gulf

the French word gulf

derived from the English word gulf

derived from the Old French word golfe

derived from the Old Italian word golfo

derived from the Latin word colpus

derived from the Classical Latin word colaphus (blow with fist; buffet, cuff)

derived from the Greek word kolaphos, κόλαφος

derived from the Greek word kolpos, κόλπος (the bosom; by analogy, a bay)

derived from the Greek word kolophos

derived from the Greek word kolfos

derived from the English word stream