Gorgeous
late 15th century (describing sumptuous clothing): from Old French gorgias ‘fine, elegant’, of unknown origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias(“elegant, fashionable”), from Old French gourgias, gorgias(“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias(“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from Old French gorge(“bosom, throat”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting".
etymonline
gorgeous (adj.)
c. 1500, "splendid, showy, sumptuously adorned" (of clothing), from French gorgias "elegant, fashionable," a word of unknown origin; perhaps a special use of gorgias "necklace" (and thus "fond of or resembling jewelry"), from Old French gorge "throat," also "something adorning the throat" (see gorge (n.)). A connection to the Greek proper name Gorgias (supposedly in reference to a notorious sophist) also has been proposed. Related: Gorgeousness.
