Glut
/ɡlʌt/noun
To fill or crowd with more than is needed; to overfeed or oversupply.
Did you know?Glut is historically tied to words for swallowing and throat-constriction, which is why it feels so physical: excess was imagined as something you literally had to gulp down.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷel-
“to swallow, gulp down”
Old English
OE
gluttian
“to swallow greedily; to devour”
Middle English
ME
gloten / glutten
“to gorge, cram full”
16th Century
English
glut
“to overfill, overstock, or overwhelm with an excess”
Modern English
English
glut
“to fill or crowd with more than is needed”