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Where does “groupe” come from?

groupe (French) comes from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

groupe (French): group

Definitions

  1. group

Ancestry of “groupe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangruppogroup, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton
2Vulgar Latincruppo—
3Renaissance Latingrupus—
4Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “groupe”

  • group
  • grouping
  • subgroup
  • intergroup
  • workgroup
  • outgroup
  • groupthink
  • newsgroup
  • groupware
  • intragroup
  • groupie
  • haplogroup
  • filegroup
  • playgroup
  • groupwork
  • serogroup
  • headgroup
  • supergroup
  • multigroup
  • Eurogroup
  • groupness
  • semigroup
  • ungroup
  • battlegroup
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