Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Darkness, dimness, or obscurity. · A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. · Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. · A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
To be dark or gloomy. · To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent. · To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. · To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”).
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- Root classification mention*ǵʰley-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mention*gloomenm
- Inherited-form mentionglōmang · gloaming, twilight, darkness
- Inherited-form mention*glōmgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*glōmazgem-pro · gleam, shimmer, sheen
- Derivation mention*ǵʰley-ine-pro · to gleam, shimmer, glow
- Cognate mentionglomno · transparent membrane
- Cognate mentiongloamsco · twilight; faint light; dull gleam
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