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Where does “graniteware” come from?

graniteware (English) comes from English granite, from French granit, from Italian granito, from Italian granire, from Italian grano, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm — to grow old, to mature.

graniteware (English): Ironware that has been coated with a layer of...

Definitions

  1. Ironware that has been coated with a layer of...

Ancestry of “graniteware”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgraniteA group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed...
2Frenchgranitgranite
3Italiangranitogranite; past participle of granire
4Italiangranireto granulate; to form grains or seeds
5Italiangranowheat, corn; grain; bead
6Latingrānum—
7Proto-Italicgrānom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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