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gome

/ɡʌm/

gome noun: a man.

Noun

gome

  1. (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

Origin of 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.

Words that rhyme with gome

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Questions about gome

What does gome mean?
Gome means a man.
What part of speech is gome?
Gome is a noun.
How do you pronounce gome?
Gome is pronounced /ɡʌm/.

Words near gome in the dictionary

  1. gombos
  2. Gomboses
  3. gombroon
  4. Gombroon ware
  5. Gomdar
  6. gome
  7. Gomeisa
  8. Gomel
  9. gomen
  10. gomens
  11. gomer

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