gnome

gnome · noun¹

1. New Latin · derived fromgnomus
2. French · borrowed fromgnome“gnome”
3. English todaygnome

From French gnome (“gnome”), from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).

gnome · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγνώμη“thought, opinion”
2. English todaygnome

From Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, opinion”), from the base of γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).

GNOME · proper noun, verb³

1. EnglishGNU
2. Proto-Indo-European*né
3. Proto-Germanic*ne
4. Proto-West Germanic*ne
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
7. Proto-Germanic*aiwaz
8. Proto-West Germanic*aiw
9. Proto-West Germanic*naiw
10. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
11. Proto-Indo-European*wékʷtisder.?
12. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
13. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰtisder.?
14. Proto-Germanic*wihtą
15. Proto-West Germanic*wiht
16. Proto-West Germanic*naiwwiht
17. Old Englishnāwiht
18. Old English*nōht
19. Middle Englishnought
20. Middle Englishnot
21. Englishnot
22. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
23. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
24. Proto-Italic*moltos
25. Latinmulti-
26. Proto-Indo-European*pel-der.?
27. Latinmultiplex
28. Englishmultiplexed
29. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
30. Proto-Italic*en
31. Proto-Italic*en-
32. Latinin-
33. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
34. Latinfōrma
35. Latinfōrmō
36. Latinīnfōrmō
37. Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
38. Middle Englishenformacioun
39. Englishinformation
40. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
41. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
42. Proto-Italic*kom
43. Proto-Italic*kom-
44. Latincon-
45. Latinputus
46. Latinputō
47. Latincomputō
48. Latincomputāre
49. Frenchcomputer
50. Englishcomputing
51. Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
52. Proto-Italic*serwos
53. Latinservus
54. Latinservitium
55. Old Frenchservise
56. Old Englishserfis
57. Middle Englishservise
58. Englishservice
59. EnglishMultiplexed Information and Computing Service
60. EnglishMultics
61. Englisheunuchinflu.
62. EnglishUnix
63. Englishgnuinflu.
64. EnglishGNU's not Unixacronym
65. EnglishGNU
66. Proto-Germanic*natją
67. Proto-West Germanic*nati
68. Old Englishnett
69. Middle Englishnet
70. Englishnet
71. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
72. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
73. Proto-Germanic*werką
74. Proto-West Germanic*werk
75. Old Englishweorc
76. Middle Englishwerk
77. Englishwork
78. Englishnetwork
79. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
80. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
81. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óp(i)
82. Proto-Italic*op
83. Latinob
84. Latinob-
85. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
86. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
87. Latiniaciō
88. Latinobiciō
89. Latinobiectus
90. Medieval Latinobiectum
91. Old Frenchobject
92. Englishobject
93. Proto-Indo-European*med-
94. Proto-Indo-European*médos
95. Proto-Italic*medos
96. Latinmodus
97. Late Latinmodulus
98. Vulgar Latin*modellus
99. Old Italianmodello
100. Middle Frenchmodelle
101. Englishmodel
102. Proto-Italic*en
103. Old Latinen
104. Latinin
105. Old Frenchen
106. Latinvibrāre?
107. Vulgar Latin*virāre
108. Old Frenchvirer
109. Old Frenchviron
110. Old Frenchenviron
111. Middle Frenchenviron
112. Middle Frenchenvironner
113. Middle Frenchenvironnement
114. Englishenvironment
115. EnglishGNU Network Object Model Environmentacronym
116. English todayGNOME

Originally an acronym of GNU Network Object Model Environment, but this meaning is now officially deprecated.

Words from the same roots