Etymograph

English

gruntometer

From grunt + -o- + -meter.

Formed from grunt + -o- + -meter

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- ‘to shout’

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Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną ‘to grunt’

Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan ‘to grunt’

Old English grunnettan ‘to grunt’

Middle English grunten ‘to grunt or groan as or like an animal’

English grunt

Today it means

noun A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.

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

Etymograph / gruntometer