The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
- Proto-Germanic*gumô
- Proto-West Germanic*gumō
- Old Englishguma
- Middle Englishgome
- English todaygome
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 from the same roots
Middle Englishgome all →
gormgaumgomeral
Old Englishguma all →
gummgomeral
Proto-Germanic*gumô all →
groomgomeral
Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ all →
gomeral
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.