grovel
verb
[ ˈɡrɒv(ə)l ]
• lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards.
• "he grovelled at George's feet"
Origin:
Middle English: back-formation from the obsolete adverb grovelling, from obsolete groof, grufe ‘the face or front’ (in the phrase on grufe, from Old Norse á grúfu ‘face downwards’) + the suffix -ling .
