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Where does “groaning” come from?

Groaning comes from Middle English gronen, Old English grānian, and Proto-Germanic grainōną, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root gʰer-.

groaning (English): That groans; Heavily laden, as if to creak under...

Definitions

  1. That groans; Heavily laden, as if to creak under...

Ancestry of “groaning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgronynge—
2Old Englishgrānung—

Words derived from “groaning”

  • groaningly
  • groaning cheese
Every word from Old English grānung →