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Where does “grincer” come from?

grincer (French) comes from French grigner, from German grînan.

grincer (French): to squeak; to creak, rasp, squeal; to gnash

Definitions

  1. to squeak; to creak, rasp, squeal; to gnash

Ancestry of “grincer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrigner—
2Germangrînan—

Words derived from “grincer”

  • grincement
  • grinci
  • grincar
Every word from German grînan →