From PIE *gʰreh₁- (to grow, become green) — the same root behind 'green' and 'grass,' growth and greenness as one concept.
To undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically; to cultivate plants; to become gradually or increasingly.
From Old English 'grōwan' meaning 'to grow, flourish, germinate,' from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (to grow, to become green), from PIE root *gʰreh₁- (to grow, to become green). The root is intimately connected with the color green and with grass — the visible evidence of growth. English 'green,' 'grass,' and 'grow' all descend from the same prehistoric root, binding
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