Growth
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From grow + -th. Compare Old Frisian grēd("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde(“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot(“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde(“fruits”), Swedish gröda(“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.
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growth (n.)
1550s, "stage in growing," from grow + -th (2), on model of health, stealth, etc. Compare Old Norse groði, from groa "to grow." Meaning "that which has grown" is from 1570s; "process of growing" is from 1580s. Old English used grownes "increase, prosperity."