Gouty
/ˈɡaʊti/noun
Affected by or relating to gout.
Did you know?The word ultimately traces back to Latin *gutta* meaning “drop,” because medieval medicine imagined the pain of gout as harmful humors dropping into the joints.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷew-
“to pour, flow”
Latin
Latin
gutta
“a drop”
Late Latin
Latin
guttāta (via *gutta)
“marked with drops; droplet-like”
Old French
Old French
goute
“gout; also a drop”
Middle English
English
goute / gouty
“gout; afflicted with gout”
Modern English
English
gouty
“relating to or suffering from gout”