Gum Definition
- by God!
- to put out of working order; cause to go awry
- to talk much and idly
Other Word Forms of Gum
Noun
Origin of Gum
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From Middle English gome, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-Germanic *gōmô, *gaumô (“palate”) (compare German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr whence Icelandic gómur), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂u-mo- (compare Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koyṃ (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to gape, yawn”). More at yawn.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English gomme, gumme, from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian ḳmj-t (qemỵt, qemài) 'acanthus resin'.
From Wiktionary
Middle English gomme from Old French from Late Latin gumma variant of Latin gummi, cummi from Greek kommi perhaps from Egyptian ḳmj-t
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English gome from Old English gōma palate, jaw
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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