groyne

The story

1. Latin · derived fromgrunnire“grunt like a pig”
2. Late Latin · derived fromgrunium
3. Old French · derived fromgroign
4. Middle English · inherited fromgroyn“snout”
5. English todaygroyne

From Middle English groyn (“snout”), from Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”).

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