Where does “grand” come from?

Grand comes from Middle English, from Latin grandis meaning large, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ghrewə-.

grand (English): Of a large size or extent; great; Great in size,...

Definitions

  1. Of a large size or extent; great; Great in size,...

Ancestry of “grand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgrand
2Anglo-NormangrauntLate Anglo-Norman spelling of grant
3Old Frenchgrantbig, large
4Old French-ur-er, used for form agent nouns
5Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
6Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
7Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
8Proto-Indo-European-oss
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “grand

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -os