also getup, 1847, "equipment, costume," from get (v.) + up (adv.). Meaning "initiative, energy" recorded from 1841. The verbal phrase is recorded from mid-14c. as "to rise."
get-out
get-rich-quick
gettable
get-together
Gettysburg
get-up
*geus-
gewgaw
gey
geyser
*ghabh-