Where does “grammaticalization” come from?
Grammaticalization comes from French grammaticalisation, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, derived from Latin -alis attached to Ancient Greek γραμματική, from Ancient Greek γράμμα meaning letter or written character.
grammaticalization (English): The process of making grammatical; The process of...
Definitions
- The process of making grammatical; The process of...
Ancestry of “grammaticalization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grammaticalisation | grammaticalization |
| 2 | French | grammatical | grammatical |
| 3 | Middle French | grammatical | — |
| 4 | Latin | grammaticalis | grammatical; of or pertaining to grammar |
| 5 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |