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Where does “grande” come from?

Grande comes from English grand, which derives from Latin grandis meaning "large," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ghrewə-.

grande (English): Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger...

Definitions

  1. Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger...

Ancestry of “grande”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrandefeminine singular of grand; grand, great
2Frenchgrandbig, great, grand; tall; Great, an honorific...
3Middle Frenchgrandbig; large
4Old Frenchgrantbig, large
5Old French-ur-er, used for form agent nouns
6Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
7Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
8Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
9Proto-Indo-European-oss—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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