Re: Word of the day; "grumous".

 Ar an chéad lá de mí Iúil, scríobh Christian Weisgerber:

 > On 2025-06-30, Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:
 >
 > > It’s an unremarkable borrowing from late Latin, OED describes [ad. late L.
 > > grumus little heap, hillock;]. I can’t find any convincing further
 > > etymology beyond that.
 >
 > De Vann in the _Etymological Dictionary of Latin_ (2008):
 >
 > ------------------->
 > grūmus ‘heap of earth, hillock’ [m. o] (Acc.+)
 > Derivatives: dēgrūmare 'to level off (Enn,+).
 >   PIt. *grōmo- ‘heap’.
 >   PIE *h₂ǵr-ōm-o-. IE cognates: see s.v. gremium.
 >
 > Lat. grumus could be connected with gremium < *grem- and OCS gramada
 > ‘heap, pile’ < *grōm-. [...]

Thanks!

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