grunnio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gru-, an imitative root, similar to English grudge, grunt.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

grunniō (present infinitive grunnīre, perfect active grunnīvī or grunniī, supine grunnītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

  1. to grunt (like a pig)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • grunnium

Descendants

  • Aromanian: gurnjescu, gurnjiri
  • Galician: gruñir
  • Italian: grugnire
  • Old French: grognir, gronir, groindre, groignier, grondre, grondir
    • Middle French: groigner
      • French: grogner
      • Norman: grounre (from "grondre"), grognier (from "groignier")
  • Occitan: rondir, rondinar
  • Portuguese: grunhir
  • Spanish: gruñir

References

  • grunnio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grunnio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grunnio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 783