Etymology

gomeral

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Today it means: Fool, simpleton. Full definition →

Middle English gome ← Old English guma ← Proto-West Germanic *gumō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
  4. Proto-Germanic*gumô
  5. Proto-West Germanic*gumō
  6. Old Englishguma
  7. Middle Englishgome
  8. English todaygomeral

Diminutive (by way of -rel) of Middle English gōme (“man, warrior, husband, male servant”), Old English guma (“male, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“man, person”). More at groom.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgōme all →

gomegormgaum

Old Englishguma all →

gomegumm

Proto-Germanic*gumô all →

groomgome

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ all →

gome

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.