grome

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ.me/
• Rhymes: -ɔme
• Hyphenation: grò‧me

Noun

grome f

1. plural of groma

Anagrams

• mergo

Middle English

Alternative forms

• grom, grume

Etymology

From Old English *grōma, from Proto-West Germanic *grōmō (“growth, tumor, stomach swelling”). Compare Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grómr, gromr, and Old French gromme. Suggested to be either from the same root as growen (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grō-, with a noun-forming suffix *-m-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡroːm(ə)/, /ˈɡrɔːm(ə)/

Noun

grome (plural gromes)

1. A male child of any age (ranging from infancy to the start of adulthood).
2. One's assistant or servant; an underling, especially one in the homes of the nobility.
3. A male person, especially a commoner or one who isn't noble-born.

Descendants

• English: groom
  • → Dutch: groom
• Scots: grome, grume, greem
• → Old French: gromme, groume
  • ⇒ Old French: groumet
    • Middle French: gourmet
      • French: gourmet
        • → English: gourmet
• → Icelandic: grómr, gromr

References

• “grọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.