Where does “Granger” come from?
Granger comes from English -er added to grange, which derives from Old French -er, Latin -are (infinitive suffix), Latin -arius (agent suffix meaning "one who"), and ultimately Proto-Italic -os.
Granger (English): A member of the National Grange of the Order of...
Definitions
- A member of the National Grange of the Order of...
Ancestry of “Granger”, step by step
Granger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English graunger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | graunger | granger |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | granger | — |
| 3 | Old French | grangier | granger; one who maintains a grange |
| 4 | Old French | grange | granary; barn; grange; small farm |
| 5 | Latin | granicārium | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | granica | grain storage barn, granary; grange, small farm |
| 7 | Latin | grānum | grain, seed, small kernel |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | grānom | grain |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |