gum
English
/ɡʌm/
noun
Definitions
- (often) The flesh around the teeth.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gome (man, heed, gum, attention) inherited from Old English gōma (palate) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gōmô derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂u-mo-, *ǵʰeh₂w- (yawn, gape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰeh₂w-
Gloss
yawn, gape
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- begum English
- boil English
- boot English
- bubble English
- bubblegum English
- bubblegummy English
- buyer English
- chewing English
- chewing gum English
- degum English
- degumming English
- digger English
- drop English
- ester English
- estergum English
- field English
- flood English
- floodgum English
- gaum English
- gome English
- gorm English
- gumball English
- gumboil English
- gumboot English
- gumbooted English
- gumbuyer English
- gumdigger English
- gumdrop English
- gumfield English
- gumland English
- gumless English
- gumlike English
- gumline English
- gummer English
- gummiferous English
- gummily English
- gumminess English
- gummose English
- gummosis English
- gummy English
- gumnut English
- gumshield English
- gumshoe English
- gumweed English
- gumwood English
- land English
- line English
- nut English
- oleogum English
- red English
- redgum English
- shield English
- shoe English
- sweet English
- sweetgum English
- ungum English
- weed English
- wood English
- gumma Latin
- Gaumen German
- Gaumenlaut German
- Gaumensegel German
- Gaumenspalte German
- Hintergaumen German
- chewing-gum French
- камедь Russian
- engomar Spanish, Castilian
- goma Spanish, Castilian
- gomaespuma Spanish, Castilian
- gomina Spanish, Castilian
- tiragomas Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰeh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰh₂u-mo- Proto-Indo-European
- chuinga Portuguese
- goma Portuguese
- *gōmô Proto-Germanic
- ガム Japanese
- チューインガム Japanese
- goma Old English
- guma Old English
- gōma Old English
- bridegome Middle English
- gome Middle English
- gomes Middle English
- gaula Old Norse
- gaum Old Norse
- gaumr Old Norse
- gautan Old Norse
- geyja Old Norse
- gómr Old Norse
- gómur Icelandic
- ciungă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guomo Old High German
- goma Tagalog
- gaume Middle High German
- Gumm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ချူးအင်းဂမ်း Burmese
- gaumo Cimbrian
- ચિંગમ Gujarati
- 츄잉껌 Korean
- gome Scots
- gum Scots
- gomurys Lithuanian
- комидь Old East Slavic
- tyingam Mauritian Creole
- gam Hausa
- tyingam Seychellois Creole
- ko Tocharian A
- nut
- red
- gorm
- boil
- drop
- weed
- wood
- gaum
- ball
- shoe
- gome
- land
- boot
- line
- degum
- ungum
- field
- ester
- flood
- begum
- buyer
- gummy
- sweet
- gummer
- redgum
- shield
- bubble
- digger
- gumnut
- gumdrop
- gumboil
- gumshoe
- gummily
- gumball
- gumland
- gumweed
- oleogum
- gumless
- gumwood
- gummose
- gumline
- gumboot
- chewing
- gumlike
- floodgum
- sweetgum
- gumbuyer
- estergum
- gummosis
- gumfield
- degumming
- gumshield
- gumminess
- gumdigger
- gumbooted
- bubblegum
- bubblegummy
- gummiferous
- chewing gum