Where does “disgruntledly” come from?
disgruntledly (English) comes from English disgruntled, from English disgruntle, from English gruntle, from English grunt, from Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan, from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic grunnatjaną — to shout.
disgruntledly (English): In a disgruntled manner
Definitions
- In a disgruntled manner
Ancestry of “disgruntledly”, step by step
disgruntledly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disgruntled
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disgruntled | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 2 | English | disgruntle | To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad... |
| 3 | English | gruntle | To utter small, low grunts; To complain; to... |
| 4 | English | grunt | A short snorting sound, often to show... |
| 5 | Middle English | grunten | To grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make... |
| 6 | Old English | grunnettan | to grunt |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *grunnattjan | to grunt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | grunnatjaną | To grunt |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | grunnōną | to grunt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrun- | to shout |