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Where does “kneegrow” come from?

kneegrow (English) comes from English knee, from Middle English knē, from Old English cnēo, from Proto-West Germanic kneu, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

kneegrow (English): Alternative form of negro

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of negro

Ancestry of “kneegrow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkneeIn humans, the joint or the region of the joint...
2Middle Englishknē—
3Old Englishcnēogeneration
4Proto-West Germanickneuknee
5Proto-Germanicknewąknee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
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