Etymograph

English

gloomster

From gloom + -ster.

Formed from gloom + -ster

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- ‘to gleam, shimmer, glow’

Proto-Germanic *glōmaz ‘gleam, shimmer, sheen’

Proto-West Germanic *glōm

Old English glōm ‘gloaming, twilight, darkness’

Middle English *gloom

English gloom

Today it means

noun A gloomy, negative person.

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

Etymograph / gloomster