English

grudgeholder

From grudge + holder.

A compound of grudge + holder

Old French grouchier

Middle English grucchen ‘to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge’

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to hold, to keep’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan ‘to hold’

Old English healdan ‘to hold fast, to grasp’

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

Today it means

noun One who bears a grudge.

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

Etymograph / grudgeholder