## Etymology
From Old English gor ('dirt, filth, dung, slime'), from Proto-Germanic *gurą; the modern sense of clotted blood developed in the 16th century. The verb 'to pierce with a horn' is of separate, uncertain origin.

## AI Etymology
Gore comes from Old English gor ('dirt, filth, dung, slime'), from Proto-Germanic *gurą; the modern sense of clotted blood developed in the 16th century. The verb 'to pierce with a horn' is of separate, uncertain origin. The history is deliberately cautious: the proposed comparison is useful for orientation, but the wording leaves room for uncertainty rather than forcing a false certainty. In present use, it is used as a noun and verb meaning "blood from a wound, or to pierce with a horn or tusk", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as gored, goring, and gory and related forms such as gory, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old English gor and Proto-Germanic *gurą, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

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- The Human Body

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