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   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an chéad lá de mí Iúil, scríobh Christian Weisgerber:   
      
    > On 2025-06-30, Aidan Kehoe  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):   
    >   
    > ------------------->   
    > grÅ«mus ‘heap of earth, hillock’ [m. o] (Acc.+)   
    > Derivatives: dÄ“grÅ«mare 'to level off (Enn,+).   
    >   PIt. *grÅ   
   mo- ‘heap’.   
    >   PIE *h₂ǵr-Å   
   m-o-. IE cognates: see s.v. gremium.   
    >   
    > Lat. grumus could be connected with gremium < *grem- and OCS gramada   
    > ‘heap, pile’ < *grÅ   
   m-. [...]   
      
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