Etymology of the English word gumshoe
the English word
gumshoederived from the English word
gumderived from the Old French word
gommederived from the Latin word
gummaderived from the Latin word
gummi (gum, vicid secretion from trees)
derived from the Greek word
kommi, κόμμι
derived from the Egyptian word
kemaiderived from the Egyptian word
ḳmj-tderived from the English word
shoederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skokhazUsage
Word found in Modern English