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gome

/ɡʌm/

Sounds like gum · Rhymes with -ʌm

Where it comes from

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.

noun

Northern England, Scotland, obsolete A man. A gome gais to ane garet.

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"gome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gome. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gome. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gome

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"gome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gome.

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@misc{gome_2026,
  title = {gome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}