English

ingrow

Back-formation from ingrown, equivalent to in- + grow.

Formed from in- + grow

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

Proto-Germanic *grōaną ‘to grow’

Proto-West Germanic *grōan ‘to grow’

Old English grōwan ‘to grow’

Middle English growen ‘to arise or spring up’

English grow

Today it means

verb To grow in; grow inwardly.

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