English

gumboil

From gum + boil.

A compound of gum + boil

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, yawn’

Proto-Germanic *gaumô ‘palate’

Proto-West Germanic *gōmō

Old English gōma ‘palate’

Middle English gom

English gum

Proto-Germanic *būlijō

Old English bȳl ‘boil, swelling’

Middle English bile ‘boil, tumor’

English boil

Today it means

noun A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.

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