Where does “grodiness” come from?
grodiness (English) comes from English grody, from English groady, from English groaty, from English groat, from Dutch groot, from Middle Dutch grôot, from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic graut — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
grodiness (English): The condition of being grody
Definitions
- The condition of being grody
Ancestry of “grodiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | grody | nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky,... |
| 2 | English | groady | Alternative form of grody |
| 3 | English | groaty | — |
| 4 | English | groat | Hulled grain; Any of various old coins of England... |
| 5 | Dutch | groot | big, large, great; great, important, eminent,... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | grôot | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | grōt | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |