English
groundcloth
From ground + cloth.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
Proto-Germanic *klaiþą ‘garment’
Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ
Old English clāþ ‘cloth, clothes, covering, sail’
Middle English cloth
English cloth
Today it means
noun Synonym of groundsheet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / groundcloth