Etymology

grout

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Today it means: A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. Full definition →

Middle English growte ← Old English grūt ← Proto-West Germanic *grūt
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grout · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰer-“to grind, rub”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*grutą
  3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*grūtą
  4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*grūt
  5. Old English · inherited fromgrūt“dregs; coarse meal”
  6. Middle English · inherited fromgrowte
  7. English todaygrout

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.

Grout · proper noun2

English surname, from the noun grout.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgrūt all →

gruel

Proto-Germanic*grūtą all →

groat

Proto-Indo-European*gʰer- all →

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