English
groundwood
From ground (“that has been ground”) + wood.
A compound of ground ‘that has been ground’ + wood
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’
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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’
Old English widu
Old English wudu ‘wood’
Middle English wode ‘wood’
English wood
Today it means
noun Wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / groundwood