GNOME

See also: gnome and Gnome

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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English GNU

Proto-West Germanic *naiw

Proto-Germanic *wihtą

Proto-West Germanic *wiht

Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht

Old English nāwiht

Old English *nōht

Middle English nought

Middle English not

English not

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multi-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Latin -plex

Latin multiplexlbor.

English multiplexed

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Late Latin in-

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Late Latin fōrma

Late Latin fōrmō

Late Latin īnfōrmō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Late Latin -tiō

Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder.

Middle English enformacioun

English information

Latin computō

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Latin computārelbor.

French computerbor.

English computing

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Italic *serwos

Latin servus

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Latin servitiumbor.

Old French servisebor.

Old English serfis

Middle English servise

English service

English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service

English Multics

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English eunuchinflu.

English Unix

English gnuinflu.

English GNU 's not Unixacronym

English GNU

Proto-Indo-European *neHd-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Germanic *natją

Proto-West Germanic *nati

Old English nett

Middle English net

English net

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

English network

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti

Proto-Italic *jīkjō

Proto-Italic *jakjōder.

Latin iaciō

Latin obiciō

Latin obiectus

Medieval Latin obiectum

Old French objectbor.

English object

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *medos

Late Latin modus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Late Latin -ulus

Late Latin modulusder.

Vulgar Latin *modellus

Old Italian modellobor.

Middle French modellebor.

English model

Middle French environnementbor.

English environment

English GNU Network Object Model Environmentacronym

English GNOME

Originally an acronym of GNU Network Object Model Environment, but this meaning is now officially deprecated.

Pronunciation

(official)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈnəʊm/
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈnoʊm/
(common)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊm/
- (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊm/
- Homophone: gnome
Rhymes: -əʊm
Hyphenation: GNOME

Proper noun

GNOME

An open-source, free software computer desktop environment for Unix operating systems.

Verb

GNOME (third-person singular simple present GNOME's, present participle GNOME'ing, simple past and past participle GNOME'ed)

(Unix, slang, typically passive voice) To unintentionally boot a GNOME desktop environment.
Alternative form: gnome

This new package got my system GNOME'd.

Anagrams

Monge, emong