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Bridegroom — American Heritage Dictionary

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American Heritage Dictionary Editors
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2022
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HarperCollins
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EDGE 919contextestablished

brydegrome → bridegome

Middle English → Middle English · folk etymological remodeling

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Opaque Middle English bridegome is remodeled as brydegrome under the influence of the familiar word groom.
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The bride-man meaning remains while speakers reinterpret the second element.
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Alteration influenced by groom

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bridegome → brȳdguma

Middle English → Old English · continuation

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Middle English bridegome continues Old English brȳdguma with regular reduction of the final inflection.
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Bride-man remains the compound meaning.
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Etymology: Middle English bridegome from Old English brȳdguma

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brȳdguma → guma

Old English → Old English · compound component

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Old English brȳdguma contains guma, man, as its second lexical component beside brȳd, bride.
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The marrying man is named through the inherited human-being noun.
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Etymology: brȳd, bride plus guma, man

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EDGE 940contextestablished

brȳdguma → brȳd

Old English → Old English · compound component

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Old English brȳdguma contains brȳd, bride, as its first lexical component beside guma, man.
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The bride component supplies the marriage relation in the compound.
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Etymology: brȳd, bride plus guma, man

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