The story
- French · derived fromgrondin“gurnard”
- Latin · derived fromgrunnīre“to grunt”
- Old French · derived fromgournart
- Middle English · inherited fromgurnard
- English todaygurnard
From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from Latin grunnīre (“to grunt”). Compare French grondin (“gurnard”), which evolved in a similar way.
Words from the same roots
Latingrunnīre all →
groyne
Frenchgrondin all →
Grondin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.