English
ringgrassringgrass
ring + grass
A compound of ring + grass
Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-
Proto-Germanic *hringaz
Proto-West Germanic *hring
Old English hring ‘ring’
Middle English ryng
English ring
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
Proto-Germanic *grasą
Proto-West Germanic *gras
Old English græs
Middle English gras ‘a grass’
English grass
Today it means
noun Muhlenbergia torreyi
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ringgrass”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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