Where does “grossening” come from?
grossening (English) comes from English grossen, from English gross, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g — -y, -ic.
grossening (English): present participle of grossen; The act or process...
Definitions
- present participle of grossen; The act or process...
Ancestry of “grossening”, step by step
grossening traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grossen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grossen | To make or become gross |
| 2 | English | gross | Highly or conspicuously offensive; Excluding any... |
| 3 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 4 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 5 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 6 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 7 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |