Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An illicit cannabis farm.
To become larger, to increase in magnitude. · To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere). · To appear or sprout. · To develop, to mature.
From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.
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- Root classification mention*gʰreh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongrowenenm
- Inherited-form mentiongrōwanang · to grow, increase, flourish, germinate
- Inherited-form mention*grōangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*grōanągem-pro · to grow, grow green
- Derivation mention*gʰreh₁-ine-pro · to grow, become green
- Cognate mentiongroeiennl · to grow
- Cognate mentiongrógvafo · to grow
- Cognate mentiongróais · to grow
- Cognate mentiongrāmenla · grass, turf; herb, plant
- Cognate mentionгря́нийuk · green
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