Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth. · One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining. · A person of a small stature or misshapen features, or of a strange appearance. · The mountain pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.
From French gnome (“gnome”), from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).
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- Borrowed-form mentiongnomefr
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