Etymograph

English

grimacer

From grimace + -er.

A compound of grimace + -er

Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to rub, stroke’

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Frankish *grīma

Old French grimace

Middle French grimace

French grimace

English grimace

Today it means

noun Someone who grimaces.

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

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