Meaning

noun a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

noun the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

noun any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

originFrom Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme…

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