growan

== English == === Etymology === From Cornish growan (“gravel”). Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”). === Noun === growan (countable and uncountable, plural growans) (obsolete, UK, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of sandy gravel, found in tin lodes in Cornwall. === References === “growan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Gawron, Gowran, awrong, warong == Cornish == === Etymology === From grow (“gravel”) +‎ -an. === Noun === growan m (plural growenyow) granite ==== Descendants ==== → English: growan === Mutation === == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡroː.wɑn/ Rhymes: -oː.wɑn === Verb === grōwan (of plants) to grow late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== āgrōwan forgrōwan ==== Derived terms ==== Middle English: growen English: grow Scots: grow