Where does “grist” come from?

Grist comes from Old English grist, from Proto-Germanic gredaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrew-, meaning to grow or grind.

grist (English): Grain that is to be ground in a mill; A group of...

Definitions

  1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill; A group of...

Ancestry of “grist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgrist—
2Old Englishgristgrinding; a grinding
3Proto-Germanicgredanąto crunch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrew-to grind, rub; to rub, grind; to weep, be sad

Words derived from “grist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrew- →