Where does “nongrooming” come from?
nongrooming (English) comes from English grooming, from English groom, from English bridegroom, from Middle English brydgrome, from Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic brūdigumô.
nongrooming (English): Not of or pertaining to grooming between animals
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to grooming between animals
Ancestry of “nongrooming”, step by step
nongrooming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grooming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grooming | present participle of groom; Care for one's... |
| 2 | English | groom | A man who is about to marry; A person who cares... |
| 3 | English | bridegroom | A man in the context of his own wedding; one who... |
| 4 | Middle English | brydgrome | Alternative form of bridegome |
| 5 | Middle English | bridegome | A groom; a man recently married or to be married;... |
| 6 | Old English | brȳdguma | bridegroom |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *brūdigumō | bridegroom, husband of the bride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brūdigumô | bridegroom, husband of the bride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gumô | man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰm̥mō | earthling, human |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |