grovel
Significado (Inglés)
- (intransitive) To be prone on the ground.
- (intransitive) To crawl.
- (intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
- (intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
- (intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities.
Conceptos
Sinónimos
lower oneself
demean oneself
humble oneself
rush at
bow low
abase oneself
fall into swoon
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Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English *grovelen, from Old Norse grufla, grœfla (“to grovel”), from Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, delve into”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ‑ (“to dig, scrape, scrabble, scratch”); akin to Old Norse á grufu (“on one's belly”) ( > Old Norse grúfa (“to lie face down, grovel”)). Cognate with Scots grovel, gruvil (“to grovel”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”), Norwegian Nynorsk gruvla (“to grovel”). Compare also West Frisian groebeltsje (“to make a mess, skip school, skive”), Dutch grobbelen (“to grope, root, grub”).
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