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 EnglishgronyngeThe event of groaning or moaning
2Old Englishgrānunggroaning

Words derived from “groaning”

Every word from Old English grānung →Every word from Middle English gronynge →