English
engrossment
From engross + -ment.
A compound of engross + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- ‘to fell, put down, fall in’
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Proto-West Germanic *graut
Old High German grōz ‘big, thick, coarse’
Anglo-Norman engrosser ‘to gather in large quantities, draft…’
Middle English engrossen
English engross
Today it means
noun The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / engrossment