English

groundframe

From ground + frame.

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

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward, leading to’

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Proto-Germanic *framjaną ‘to further, promote’

Proto-West Germanic *frammjan ‘to promote’

Old English fremman ‘to profit, avail, advance’

Middle English framen ‘to construct’

English frame

Today it means

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