gourmet
English
/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/, /ˈɡʊəmeɪ/
adj
Definitions
- (of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality.
Etymology
Borrowed from French gourmet derived from Middle French gourmet derived from Old French groumet (servant, wine broker, valet in charge of wines) derived from Middle English grom derived from Old English *grōma (youth, male child, boy).
Origin
Old English
*grōma
Gloss
youth, male child, boy
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gourmetlike English
- grum English
- nongourmet English
- gourmet Finnish
- Gourmet German
- gourmet Italian
- gourmet Dutch, Flemish
- gourmet French
- gourmet Spanish, Castilian
- gourmet Portuguese
- *grōaną Proto-Germanic
- *grōma Old English
- forgrowan Old English
- grom Old English
- grōwan Old English
- grom Middle English
- growen Middle English
- groumet Old French
- gourmet Middle French