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| From | DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english, sci.lang |
| Subject | Re: Word of the day; "grumous". |
| References | <878ql92c2w.fsf@parhasard.net> |
| Date | 2025-08-12 03:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1754970515-5108@newsgrouper.org> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> posted: > > This, and the related noun grume, are doctors’ (and in particular > pathologists’) jargon for a blood clot or any viscous fluid or mass of fluid. > but being aware of its existence in English may be helpful for those > non-doctors who are familiar with French le grumeau (lump, clot) or Italian > il grumo (clot (whether milk or blood)). > > It’s an unremarkable borrowing from late Latin, OED describes [ad. late L. > grumus little heap, hillock;]. I can’t find any convincing further etymology > beyond that. > Grumous @ Egl : clot < grumus @ LLtn : heap, hillock monGoLU @ Mbuti : dome hut > GoLU.MOn? XyUaMbUaTla (arid) / nJUaMbUangdualua (humid) *XUMUT cf summit? con.GRU.ent? (come together) GLUe? (clay, stick together) wombell.e? gum? (Greek kommi "gum," from Egyptian kemai; gum up = clog.
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Word of the day; "grumous". Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-06-30 21:45 +0100
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-07-01 03:31 +0000
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2025-07-01 19:29 +0000
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-07-02 06:58 +0100
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-12 03:48 +0000
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