gruel
English
/ɡɹuː(ə)l/
noun
Definitions
- A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gruel borrowed from Old French gruel (fr, coarse meal, French m) derived from Latin grutellum, grutum derived from Old English grūt (meal, dregs, grout, coarse meal) derived from Frankish *grūt derived from Proto-Germanic *grūtiz (grit, ground material).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grūtiz
Gloss
grit, ground material
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gruelly English
- gruit English
- grutellum Latin
- grutum Latin
- Grütze German
- Hafergrütze German
- gruit Dutch, Flemish
- gruitbier Dutch, Flemish
- gruitgeld Dutch, Flemish
- gruitrecht Dutch, Flemish
- gruau French
- *grūtiz Proto-Germanic
- *grūtą Proto-Germanic
- grūt Old English
- growte Middle English
- gruel Middle English
- gru Old French
- gruel Old French
- grute Middle Dutch
- grütze Middle High German
- *grūt Frankish
- gruadaire Middle Irish
- grutt Middle Irish