Etymology

ingrowing

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Today it means: growing inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body) Full definition →

English growing ← Middle English in- ← Old English in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Englishgrowing
  7. English todayingrowing

From in- + growing.

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