grow

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 216 words | Copyright

grow pt. grew pp. grown (orig.) show the development characteristic of living things. OE. str. vb. grōwan = MDu. groeyen (Du. groeien), OHG. gruoan, ON. gróa; CGmc., f. *ʒrō-.
Hence growth XVI.

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