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Where does “grangerize” come from?

grangerize (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.

grangerize (English): To illustrate with material such as images taken...

Definitions

  1. To illustrate with material such as images taken...

Ancestry of “grangerize”, 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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