Where does “Grenier” come from?

Grenier comes from French grenier, from Middle French grenier, from Old French grenier, from Latin granarium, a noun formed from the Latin suffix -arium, itself derived from Latin -arius.

Ancestry of “Grenier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchGreniergranary
2Middle Frenchgrenier
3Old Frenchgrenier
4Latingrānāriumgranary
5Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
6Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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