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- Englishburgood
- Proto-Germanic*bermô?
- Proto-West Germanic*bermō
- Old Englishbeorma
- Welshburym
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₂ulis
- Latincaulis
- Proto-Brythonic*kawl
- Middle Welshcawl
- Welshcawl
- Persianبرغول
- Persianپرغول
- Arabicبُرْغُل (burḡul)der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵews-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵéwstus
- Proto-Italic*gustus
- Latingustus
- Middle Frenchgoût
- Middle Frenchragoûter
- Frenchragoût
- Englishragout?
- Englishburgoo?
- Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
- Proto-Italic*gloiten
- Latinglūten
- Late Latinglūs
- Old Frenchgl
- Middle Englishglew
- Englishglue?
- Englishgoo
- English todaygooey
The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.