Where does “gam” come from?

gam (Catalan) comes from Catalan gamar-se, from Arabic غَمّ — grief, sorrow.

gam (Catalan): a wasting diseases, particularly distomatosis

Definitions

  1. a wasting diseases, particularly distomatosis

Ancestry of “gam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalangamar-seto suffer a wasting disease, particularly one caused by being infected with trematodes
2Arabicغَمّgrief, sorrow

Words derived from “gam”

Every word from Arabic غَمّ →Every word from Catalan gamar-se →