grout
English
/ɡɹaʊt/, /ɡɹʌut/
noun
Definitions
- A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- (now) Coarse meal; groats.
- (now) (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
- (UK) A kind of beer or ale.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English growte inherited from Old English grūt (meal, dregs, grout, coarse meal) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grūtą, *grutą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grutą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grouter English
- grouting English
- groutlike English
- grouty English
- gruit English
- regrout English
- grutum Latin
- gruit Dutch, Flemish
- gruitbier Dutch, Flemish
- gruitgeld Dutch, Flemish
- gruitrecht Dutch, Flemish
- gru French
- *gʷo-gʷrod- Proto-Indo-European
- *grutą Proto-Germanic
- *grūtą Proto-Germanic
- grotan Old English
- grut Old English
- grūt Old English
- growte Middle English
- gru Old French
- grute Middle Dutch
- կորկոտ Old Armenian
- *grūt Frankish
- gruadaire Middle Irish
- grutt Middle Irish
- կորկոտ Middle Armenian