English - Etymology

Compare Armorican grouan gravel, Cornish grow gravel, sand.

English - Noun

growan (plural growans)

1. (UK, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Old English - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁-, *g(')herə- (“to grow, grow green”). Cognate with Old Frisian grōwa (“to grow”), Middle Dutch groeyen, grōyen (“to grow”) (Dutch groeien), Old High German gruoen (“to grow, thrive, flourish”), Old Norse grōa (“to grow, become green”), Old English græs (“grass”), Old English grēne (“green”). More at grass, green.

Old English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡroːwan/

Old English - Verb

grōwan

1. (of plants) to grow

Conjugation

Derived terms

• English: grow

Rime