Etymology

glome

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Today it means: One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot. Full definition →

Latin glomus
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glome · noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromglomus“a ball”
  2. English todayglome

Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

glome · verb, noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromglōm“gloaming, twilight, darkness”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*gloom
  3. English todayglome

An alteration of gloom, from Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”). More at gloom.

Words from the same roots

Latinglomus all →

glomusglomeruleglomuliferous

Middle English*gloom all →

gloomgloomies

Old Englishglōm all →

gloomgloaminggloomies

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.