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Where does “grangerise” come from?

grangerise (English) comes from English Granger, from Middle English graunger, from Anglo-Norman granger, from Old French grangier, from Old French grange, from Latin granicārium, from Vulgar Latin granica, from Latin grānum — to grow old, to mature.

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Ancestry of “grangerise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGrangerA member of the National Grange of the Order of...
2Middle Englishgraunger—
3Anglo-Normangranger—
4Old Frenchgrangiergranger; one who maintains a grange
5Old Frenchgrangegranary; barn; grange; small farm
6Latingranicārium—
7Vulgar Latingranicagrain storage barn, granary; grange, small farm
8Latingrānum—
9Proto-Italicgrānom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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