gome en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɡʌm/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gome English gome From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.
Meanings
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(Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) A man.
A gome gais to ane garet.
a. 1500, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane:The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.
1515, The Scottish Field:Whan the stalwart gome strade ower the spait An' clasp'd me in the flude.
1820, Scots Magazine: