Where does “granola-head” come from?
granola-head (English) comes from English Granola, from English granular, from Latin grānulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
granola-head (English): A hippie or ecological activist
Definitions
- A hippie or ecological activist
Ancestry of “granola-head”, step by step
granola-head traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Granola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Granola | A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients |
| 2 | English | granular | Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains;... |
| 3 | Latin | grānulum | granule (small grain) |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |