Etymograph

English

grutch

Grutch comes from Middle English grucchen.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grucchen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1590grutch

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grucchen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1590grutch

Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II: “But that their natures bad appeard in both: For…”

The story

The verb is from Middle English grucchen (attested since c. 1200), from Old French grouchier (‘to grumble’), of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, and likely of onomatopoeic origin.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Linked words

through Middle English grucchen

grudge

Today it means

verb To murmur, complain.

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

Etymograph / Middle English grucchen / grutch

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