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Where does “grossification” come from?

grossification (English) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.

grossification (English): The act of making gross or thick, or the state of...

Definitions

  1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of...

Ancestry of “grossification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrossHighly or conspicuously offensive; Excluding any...
2Germangroßbig, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall
3EnglishdaddyFather; A male lover; An informal term of address...
4English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
5Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
6Old English-iġ-y, -ic
7Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
8Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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