Where does “fairgrounds” come from?
Fairgrounds comes from English fair and English ground, where ground derives from English grind, Faroese grind, and Proto-Indo-European roots ph₂ḱ- and dʰeh₁- meaning to press or set.
fairgrounds (English): Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds...
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds...
Ancestry of “fairgrounds”, step by step
fairgrounds traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grounds
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grounds | plural of ground; Basis or justification for... |
| 2 | English | ground | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky... |
| 3 | Middle English | ground | ground; Earth |
| 4 | Old English | grund | ground; bottom, foundation; abyss, depths |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grunduz | ground, foundation |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrem- | to be angry; to sound, bellow, growl, roar, be... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |