Where does “Gricean” come from?
Gricean (English) comes from English ān, from Middle English ān, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
Gricean (English): Of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics
Ancestry of “Gricean”, step by step
Gricean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ān
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ān | — |
| 2 | Middle English | ān | a, an indefinite article |
| 3 | Old English | ān | lonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ain | one |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ainaz | one; some |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |
via English Grice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Grice | A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct |
| 2 | Middle English | gris | A young pig, grice; The meat of such a pig; A... |
| 3 | Old Norse | gríss | young pig, piglet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *grīsaną | to shudder, to shake |