Etymograph

English

groundation

From ground + -ation.

A compound of ground + -ation

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

English ground

Today it means

noun the state of (a teenager etc) being grounded

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

Etymograph / groundation