English
rumortism
Blend of rumor + rheumatism.
A blend of rumor + rheumatism
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- ‘to shout, to roar’
Proto-Italic *roumōs
Latin rūmor ‘common talk’
Old French rumeur
Middle English rumour
English rumor
Proto-Hellenic *hréumə
Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα ‘liquid discharge, rheum’
Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός ‘humour, discharge, rheum’
Latin rheumatismus ‘rheum’
English rheumatism
Today it means
noun A tendency to spread rumors or gossip.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / rumortism