English

groundplot

Compound of ground + plot.

A compound of ground + plot

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

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

Old English plot ‘a plot of ground’

Middle English plot

English plot

Today it means

noun The part of the ground that is covered by a building.

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

Etymograph / groundplot