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Where does “grine” come from?
grine (English) comes from Middle English grinde, from Old English grynde — abyss.
Ancestry of “grine”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle English
grinde
—
2
Old English
grynde
abyss
Words derived from “grine”
groin
groinal
groinward
tendergroin
groinwards
groinfield
groinful
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