Where does “geogrid” come from?
Geogrid derives from English grid, which comes from English gridiron, ultimately from Ancient Greek γῆ meaning earth, through Old French greil and graille, Latin craticula and cratis, and Proto-Indo-European krtis.
geogrid (English): A grid of geosynthetic material used to reinforce...
Definitions
- A grid of geosynthetic material used to reinforce...
Ancestry of “geogrid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | grid | A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of... |
| 2 | English | griddle | A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which... |
| 3 | Middle English | gridil | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | gredil | Alternative form of greil |
| 5 | Old French | greïl | — |
| 6 | Old French | graïlle | grate, grating |
| 7 | Occitan | gralha | crow |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | gracla | — |
| 9 | Latin | grācula | — |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |