grome

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ.me/
• Rhymes: -ɔme
• Hyphenation: grò‧me

grome f

1. plural of groma

• mergo

• grom, grume

From Old English *grōma, from Proto-West Germanic *grōmō (“growth, tumor, stomach swelling”). Compare Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grómr, gromr, and Old French gromme. Suggested to be either from the same root as growen (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grō-, with a noun-forming suffix *-m-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡroːm(ə)/, /ˈɡrɔːm(ə)/

grome (plural gromes)

1. A male child of any age (ranging from infancy to the start of adulthood).
2. One's assistant or servant; an underling, especially one in the homes of the nobility.
3. A male person, especially a commoner or one who isn't noble-born.

• English: groom
  • → Dutch: groom
• Scots: grome, grume, greem
• → Old French: gromme, groume
  • ⇒ Old French: groumet
    • Middle French: gourmet
      • French: gourmet
        • → English: gourmet
• → Icelandic: grómr, gromr

• “grọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.