Etymograph

English

gonimium

Gonimium comes from New Latin gonimium.

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900gonimium1
  2. Englishtodaygonimium1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English gonimium

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900gonimiumWiktionary, English gonimium
  2. EnglishtodaygonimiumWiktionary, English gonimium

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

general, kind, king, nature, german, engine, native, nation, generation, gender, pregnant, genuine, gene, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, hydrogen, genius, genocide, naive, genus, kin, noel, innate, natal, genital, nee, germ, ingenious, nativity, nada, nascent, gentile, janata, gens, puny, glycogen, genteel, 111 more

Today it means

noun One of the bluish-green granules that replace the more usual gonidia in certain lichens.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gonimium”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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