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Where does “grammaticality” come from?

Grammaticality comes from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis, from Ancient Greek γραμματική, ultimately from γράφω meaning to write.

grammaticality (English): The state or attribute of obeying the rules of...

Definitions

  1. The state or attribute of obeying the rules of...

Ancestry of “grammaticality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrammaticalNot breaching any constraints of the grammar, or...
2Middle Frenchgrammatical—
3Latingrammaticalisgrammatical; of or pertaining to grammar
4Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
5Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
6Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
7Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
8Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
9Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
11Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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