Gum collectively; an accumulation of gum or gummy substance, or material containing gum.
Formed from 'gum' plus the collective suffix '-age' (material, substance, or condition); similar to 'baggage' or 'luggage.'
The suffix '-age' appears in words that changed English commerce—'gummage,' 'tonnage,' 'luggage'—each representing a unit merchants and traders needed to measure and price.
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