Etymology

groma

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Today it means: A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles. Full definition →

Latin grōma ← Ancient Greek γνῶμᾰ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγνῶμᾰ
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromgrōma
  3. English todaygroma

Learned borrowing from Latin grōma, from Ancient Greek γνῶμᾰ (gnômă)

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