Where does “engross” come from?
Engross comes from Anglo-Norman engrosser, meaning to buy up goods in bulk for resale, a practice that expanded the term's sense to monopolize or absorb entirely.
engross (English): To write in large, aesthetic, and legible...
Definitions
- To write in large, aesthetic, and legible...
Ancestry of “engross”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | engrossen | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman French | engrosser | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | ingrossō | — |
| 4 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 5 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |