Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bridegroom (-grom`) , noun

[Old English bridegome, brudgume, Anglo-Saxon brȳdguma (akin to Old Saxon brūdigumo, Dutch bruidegom, bruigom, Old High German prūtigomo, Middle High German briutegome, German brautigam); Anglo-Saxon brȳd bride + guma man, akin to Gothic guma, Icelandic gumi, Old High German gomo, Latin homo; the insertion of r being caused by confusion with groom. See Bride, and compare Groom, Homage.]