Gnomes are small humanoids that live underground .
Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various story tellers , but it is typically said to be a small humanoid that lives underground.  The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus , which first appears in the Ex Libro de Nymphis , Sylvanis , Pygmaeis , Salamandris et Gigantibus , etc by Paracelsus , published posthumously in Nysa in 1566 ( and again in the Johannes Huser edition of 1589–1591 from an autograph by Paracelsus ) .The term may be an original invention of Paracelsus , possibly deriving the term from Latin gēnomos ( itself representing a Greek , literally `` earth-dweller '' ) .
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