English
grow up
Grow up comes from Middle English upgrowen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500upgrowen
- Englishearliest quotation 2021grow up
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500upgrowen
- Englishearliest quotation 2021grow up
Earliest quotation: 2021, Stephen Roberts, Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870): “I'm in the place where I grew up, where…”
The story
Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.
Every English word from Middle English upgrowen
Today it means
verb To mature and become an adult.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English upgrowen / grow up