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English
Etymology
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 homō̆, whence English homo, a doublet. See also human.
Pronunciation
Noun
gome
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) A man.
a. 1500, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane:A gome gais to ane garet.
1515, The Scottish Field:The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.
1820, Scots Magazine:Whan the stalwart gome strade ower the spait An' clasp'd me in the flude.
Usage notes
The word gome survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is no longer used in common speech.
References
Anagrams
Lombard
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡom/, , (Western dialects)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡome/, (Eastern dialects)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡome/, , (Valtellinese)
Noun
gome
- plural of goma
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English guma, from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoːm(ə)/, /ˈɡum(ə)/
Noun
gome (plural gomes or gomen)
- A man; a male human being.
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:And þus bigynneth þes gomes · to greden ful heiȝ.- And thus began these men · to cry out full high.Verification Needed
c. 1450, Life of Saint Cuthbert:Some towns wex near toom, In the which woned many a gome.- Some towns wax near empty, In which lived many a man.Verification Needed
15th c., “Iohannes baptista ”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 203, lines 267–270:To the, ihesu, I make my mone; / ffarwell! comly, of cors so cleyn! / ffarwel! gracyouse gome! where so thou gone, / fful mekill grace is to the geyn;- To thee, Jesus, I make my lamentation: farewell, pleasing , so clean of body! Farewell, gracious man! Wheresoever thou goest, you will gain much grace
- A fighter or combatant; one who engages in battle.
- A young male; a child who is male.
- A person of any gender; a human being.
- (rare) A male hireling, assistant or underling
- (rare) A bridegroom; a male spouse.
Descendants
References
- “gome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “gǒme, gōme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English gōma, from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoːm(ə)/, /ˈɡum(ə)/
Noun
gome (plural gomes or goman)
- (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth; the gum.
- The interior of one's mouth; the palate or roof of the mouth.
- (rare, Late Middle English) One's teeth or jaws.
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
gome (uncountable)
- Regard, attention, gaum.
Descendants
References
Etymology 4
Noun
gome
- Alternative form of gumme
Etymology 5
Noun
gome
- Alternative form of game
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English gome, gume, from Old English guma (“man, lord, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”).
Noun
gome (plural gomes)
- a man
Spanish
Verb
gome
- inflection of gomar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
gome (ma class, plural magome)
- bark (of a tree)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English gon, igon, from Old English gān, ġegān.
Pronunciation
Verb
gome
- past participle of goe
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,- And away went her eggs, with the car overset.
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129