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ID1670399613 answered: It is just the combination of the g and the n that give it that spelling.

AngieLisle answered: Words like gnats are throw-backs to Old English, when the letter wasn't silent. The word was once pronounced 'gah-nat.' Our language simplified as it evolved, hence the different pronunciation ('nat') but we have kept the originally spelling.

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