gossip: [OE] The Anglo-Saxons’ term for a ‘godparent’ was godsibb, a compound formed from god ‘god’ (just as in modern English godmother, godfather, etc) and sib ‘relative’ (a word of unknown origin from which modern English gets sibling). It denotes one’s ‘relative in God’, one’s ‘spiritual relative’. By Middle English times, however, it had come down in the world somewhat, to mean simply ‘close friend’, and by the 16th century it was being used for ‘one who indulges in idle talk’. The modern sense ‘idle talk’ developed from the verb in the 19th century. => god, sibling
gossip (n.)
Old English godsibb "sponsor, godparent," from God + sibb "relative" (see sibling). Extended in Middle English to "a familiar acquaintance, a friend, neighbor" (c. 1300), especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth, later to "anyone engaging in familiar or idle talk" (1560s). Sense extended 1811 to "trifling talk, groundless rumor." Similar formations in Old Norse guesifja, Old Saxon gutziff.
gossip (v.)
"to talk idly about the affairs of others," 1620s, from gossip (n.). Related: Gossiped; gossiping.
例文
1. It provided some juicy gossip for a few days.
これは、数日の話をするのに十分なゴシップの流言飛語を作っています。
2.We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
彼らのゴシップをめくるときに不潔な考えを持っている。
3.The jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.
各国を行き来する富豪夫婦がゴシップコラムによく登場する。
4.There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.
彼が欠席した理由については多くの噂がある。
5.Customers pay to log on and gossip with other users.