Etymology

grind

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Today it means: To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. Full definition →

Middle English grynden ← Old English grindan ← Proto-West Germanic *grindan
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grind · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*grindaną“to crush, grind”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*grindan
  3. Old English · inherited fromgrindan“to grind”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgrynden
  5. English todaygrind

From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

grind · noun2

  1. Faroese · borrowed fromgrind“pilot-whale meat”
  2. English todaygrind

From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”).

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