/ ˈgriːnɪŋ; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ➡ green verb
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (originally denoting a kind of pear): probably from Middle Dutch groeninc , a kind of apple, from groen green.
/ ˈgriːnɪŋ; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ➡ green verb
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (originally denoting a kind of pear): probably from Middle Dutch groeninc , a kind of apple, from groen green.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005