Etymology

groundation

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Today it means: the state of (a teenager etc) being grounded Full definition →

English ground ← Middle English ground ← Old English grund
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰrem-
  2. Proto-Germanic*grunduz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*grundu
  4. Old Englishgrund
  5. Middle Englishground
  6. Englishground
  7. English todaygroundation

From ground + -ation.

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