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Where does “grew” come from?
grew (Middle English) comes from Old English grēow, from Proto-Germanic gegrō.
Ancestry of “grew”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
grēow
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2
Proto-Germanic
gegrō
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Words derived from “grew”
grew
grewest
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