A small gumlike or resinous substance; a chemical compound derived from gum materials.
From French gommelin, diminutive of gomme (gum), derived from Latin gummi, which came from Greek kommi. The suffix -in indicates a chemical substance or resinous material.
This word belongs to a fascinating family of chemical terminology where tiny -in suffixes were added to natural substances to name their extracted compounds—similar to how 'tannin' comes from tanning processes and 'resin' materials.
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