Where does “gorrymee” come from?

gorrymee (Manx) comes from Manx gorrym, from Middle Irish gorm, from Proto-Celtic gurmos — dun, dark, blue.

gorrymee (Manx): to blue, turn blue

Definitions

  1. to blue, turn blue

Ancestry of “gorrymee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxgorrymblue; black
2Middle Irishgormblue
3Proto-Celticgurmosdun, dark, blue
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