The story
- Old French · derived fromgormant“a glutton”
- Middle English · inherited fromgourmaunt
- English todaygourmand
From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.