ponury.
grim, gloomy
Meaning & usage
grim, gloomy
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Slavic *po- Old Polish po- Polish po- Proto-Slavic *nuriti Polish nurzyć Polish ponurzyć Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Old Polish -y Polish -y Polish ponury From ponurzyć (“to bend, to stoop; to put into water, to place in water”) + -y. A semantic shift of having a bowed, lowered head, looking at the ground > gloomy occurred.
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