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Where does “grimnesse” come from?

grimnesse (Middle English) comes from Old English grimnes — severity, fierceness, cruelty.

Ancestry of “grimnesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrimnesseverity, fierceness, cruelty

Words derived from “grimnesse”

  • grimness
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