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Where does “gramarye” come from?

gramarye (English) comes from Old French gramarie, from Old French grammaire, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

gramarye (English): Grammar; learning; Mystical learning; the occult,...

Definitions

  1. Grammar; learning; Mystical learning; the occult,...

Ancestry of “gramarye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgramarie—
2Old Frenchgrammaire—
3Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
4Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
5Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
6Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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