b 3 r 1 i 1 d 2 e 1 g 2 r 1 o 1 o 1 m 3
10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a man who has recently been married
noun a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
originFrom Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to Old English brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”). Altered by folk etymology to end with groom, with it re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”), as guma was obsolete. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, Afrikaans bruidegom, German Low German…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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