Where does “grunting” come from?
Grunting derives from Middle English gruntyng, composed of Middle English grunt plus the suffix -ing, which comes from Old English -ing and -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ungō and the Proto-Indo-European root gʰrun-.
grunting (English): present participle of grunt; A sound that grunts
Definitions
- present participle of grunt; A sound that grunts
Ancestry of “grunting”, step by step
Words derived from “grunting”