gem
/ˈdʒem/JEM
/ˈdʒɛm/JEM
Meaninga bud
Common meaning: a precious stone
- gema bud; a jewelLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 805 · scan
Journey through time
- Latingemma, -ae‘a bud’
- Frenchgemme
- Middle Englishgemmesource
- Englishmeaning shiftsa bud → a precious stonegem‘a precious stone’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin gemma ‘a bud; a jewel’.
Roots
- gemma, -ae Latin “a bud; a jewel”
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