PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The inherited form had guma or gome, man; groom replaced the opaque element by folk etymology.
/ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm/ · noun
A man about to be or recently married; remodeled from bridegome after the older man-word gome became opaque.
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Publishes the historical replacement.
Folk etymology from bridegome; brȳd plus gumaIndependently confirms the remodeling.
Alteration influenced by groomThe path preserves both the inherited compound and the later remodeling.