English
gomeral
Gomeral comes from Middle English gome ‘man, warrior, husband, male servant’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘man, person’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gumô‘man, person’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gumō‘man’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150guma‘man, hero’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gome‘man, warrior, husband, male servant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856gomeral
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘man, person’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gumô‘man, person’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gumō‘man’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150guma‘man, hero’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gome‘man, warrior, husband, male servant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856gomeral
Earliest quotation: 1856, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literat, Science: “[...] to the apparent delectation of immense audiences of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm ‘earth’
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘man, person’
human, homage, homo, hombre, ombre, omi, homunculus, hominin, 18 more
through Old English guma ‘man, hero’
Today it means
noun Fool, simpleton.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ / gomeral