See also:

• GNOMES (Fr. gnomes, Ger. Gnomen)

GNOMES (Fr. gnomes, Ger. Gnomen)  , in folk-See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore, the name now commonly given to the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth and See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits who are supposed to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch over See also:

• VEINS

veins of See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious metals and other hidden treasures . They are usually pictured as bearded dwarfs clad in See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close-fitting garments with hoods . The word " See also:

• GNOME, AND GNOMIC POETRY

gnome " as applied to these is of comparatively See also:

• MODERN

modern and somewhat uncertain origin . By some it is said to have been coined by See also:

• PARACELSUS (c. 1490-1541)

Paracelsus (so Hatzfeld and See also:

• DARMESTETER, JAMES (1849-1894)

Darmesteter, Dictionnaire), who uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmaei, from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek yvwjz , intelligence . The New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, however, suggests a derivation from genomus, i.e. a Greek type ygvbµos, " earth-dweller," on the See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy of 9akavvovoµos, " dwelling in the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea," adding, however, that though there is no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that the See also:

• TERM

term was not used before Paracelsus, it is possibly " a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere arbitrary invention, like so many others found in Paracelsus " (N.E.D. s.v.) .