English

groundscraper

From ground + -scraper, likely modelled after skyscraper.

Formed from ground + -scraper

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

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

Today it means

noun A relatively short but extremely wide or long building.

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

Etymograph / groundscraper