GRUB  , the larva of an See also:

• INSECT

insect, a See also:

• CATERPILLAR

caterpillar, maggot . The word is formed from the verb " to grub," to dig, break up the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the ground, and clear of stumps, roots, weeds, &c . According to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, " grub " may be referred w an ablaut variant of the Old See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic grab-, to dig, cf . " See also:

• GRAVE

grave." See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat (Etym . See also:

• DIET

Diet . 1898) refers it rather to the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in " grope," " grab," &c., the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning " to See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for." The earliest See also:

• QUOTATION

quotation of the See also:

• SLANG

slang use of the word in the sense of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food in the New English Dictionary is dated 1659 from See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Poems, See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads, &c., See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

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