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What language does the word 'gourmet' come from?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 10/6/2023

The English word 'gourmet' comes to us (1820) from the French 'gourmet', altered from the Old French 'grommes' (plural), meaning "wine-tasters, wine merchant's servants" (of uncertain origin), then influenced by the Middle French 'gourmant' meaning "glutton".

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