gomme
French
noun
Definitions
- rubber, eraser
- (Canada) gum, chewing gum
- gum (adhesive on an envelope)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gumma, cummi derived from Ancient Greek κόμμι (acacia gum) derived from Egyptian qmy (anointing oil).
Origin
Egyptian
qmy
Gloss
anointing oil
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commi Latin
- commis Latin
- cummi Latin
- cummis Latin
- gumma Latin
- gummi Latin
- gummis Latin
- Gumma German
- Gummi German
- gomma Italian
- gommapiuma Italian
- gommifero Italian
- gommificio Italian
- gommista Italian
- gommoso Italian
- ingommare Italian
- gommeux French
- gommier French
- goma Spanish, Castilian
- κόμμι Ancient Greek
- goma Portuguese
- gumma Czech
- gomme Old French
- gumă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κόμμι Greek (modern)
- gôm Vietnamese
- gomë Albanian
- qmy Egyptian
- gume xno
- κομμίδιον gkm