Gnome Definition
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Origin of Gnome
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From French gnome (“gnome”), from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for Pygmaeus (“pygmy”)
From Wiktionary
French from New Latin gnomus earth elemental in the occult philosophy of Paracelsus of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnome, “thought, opinion”), from the base of γιγνώσκειν (gignoskein, “to know”)
From Wiktionary
Originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, but this meaning is now officially deprecated.
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Greek gnōmē from gignōskein to know gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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