Where does “gomă” come from?

gomă (Romanian) comes from French gomme, from Italian gomma, from Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι, from Egyptian qmy — anointing oil.

gomă (Romanian): gumma

Definitions

  1. gumma

Ancestry of “gomă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgommerubber, eraser; gum, chewing gum; gum
2Italiangommarubber, india rubber, caoutchouc; gum; eraser,...
3Latingumma
4LatincummiAlternative form of cummis
5Ancient Greekκόμμιgum, obtained from babul
6Egyptianqmyanointing oil

Words derived from “gomă

Every word from Egyptian qmy