Where does “granular” come from?

Granular comes from Latin granulum, a diminutive of granum meaning grain, derived from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, related to the root ǵerh₂- meaning to gather or collect.

granular (English): Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains;...

Definitions

  1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains;...

Ancestry of “granular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrānulumgranule (small grain)
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “granular”

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