English

greenchop

From green + chop.

A compound of green + chop

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

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Proto-Germanic *grōniz

Proto-West Germanic *grōnī

Old English grēne

Middle English grene

English green

Middle English choppen ‘to chop’

English chop

Today it means

noun Soilage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / greenchop