Where does “garner” come from?

Garner comes from Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier meaning granary, from Latin granarium meaning grain storage, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- meaning to gather or ripen.

garner (English): A granary; a store of grain; An accumulation,...

Definitions

  1. A granary; a store of grain; An accumulation,...

Ancestry of “garner”, step by step

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

Words derived from “garner

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