Etymograph

English

Gomer

Gomer comes from Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEגֹּמֶרgōmer
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1611Gomer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEגֹּמֶרgōmer
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1611Gomer

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai,…”

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר / Gomer