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
- Of a large size or extent; great; Great in size,...
Ancestry of “grand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | grand | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | graunt | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of grant |
| 3 | Old French | grant | big, large |
| 4 | Old French | -ur | -er, used for form agent nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |