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Where does “gãrnuts” come from?

gãrnuts (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian grãnuts, from Latin granuceum, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

gãrnuts (Aromanian): grain; abscess, boil, pimple, or tumor

Definitions

  1. grain; abscess, boil, pimple, or tumor

Ancestry of “gãrnuts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromaniangrãnuts—
2Latingranuceum—
3Latingrānum—
4Proto-Italicgrānom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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