Where does “growsen” come from?
growsen (Cornish) comes from Cornish grows, from Scots groser, from English grocer, from French grossier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Ancestry of “growsen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | grows | gooseberries |
| 2 | Scots | groser | gooseberry |
| 3 | English | grocer | A person who retails groceries from a grocery;... |
| 4 | French | grossier | coarse; shoddy; gross |
| 5 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 6 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |