Where does “grooveless” come from?
grooveless (English) comes from English groove, from Middle English grov, from Middle Dutch groeve, from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
grooveless (English): Without a groove or grooves
Definitions
- Without a groove or grooves
Ancestry of “grooveless”, step by step
grooveless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English groove
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | groove | A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such... |
| 2 | Middle English | grov | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | groeve | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | gruova | hole, ditch, pit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *grōbu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grōbō | hole, ditch, pit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |