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Where does “grammaticity” come from?

grammaticity (English) comes from English grammatic, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

grammaticity (English): the existence of analyzable grammatical structure

Definitions

  1. the existence of analyzable grammatical structure

Ancestry of “grammaticity”, step by step

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