Where does “aboveground” come from?
Aboveground derives from English above and English grind, which comes from Faroese grind, Old Norse grind, and Proto-Indo-European gʰr̥mtu-, h₂eyu-, ki-, and key-.
aboveground (English): Alternative spelling of above ground
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of above ground
Ancestry of “aboveground”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | above | Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said... |
| 2 | Middle English | aboven | above |
| 3 | Old English | ābufan | above |
| 4 | Old English | bufan | above |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *biobanā | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *obanā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ubanē | from above |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | upp | up, upwards |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ub | under |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |