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kneegrow

noun

Etymology

A phonetic respelling, as if from knee + grow.

  1. derived from *gʰreh₁-✻ — “to grow, become green”
  2. inherited from *grōaną✻ — “to grow, grow green”
  3. inherited from *grōan✻
  4. inherited from grōwan — “to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”
  5. inherited from growen
  6. compounded as kneegrow — “knee + grow”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of negro.

The neighborhood

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