Where does “granularity” come from?
Granularity comes from English granule, Latin granulum (diminutive of granum, grain), and Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-, meaning to gather or scrape.
granularity (English): The condition of being granular; The extent to...
Definitions
- The condition of being granular; The extent to...
Ancestry of “granularity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ity | Used to form a noun from an adjective;... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ite | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ité | -ity |
| 4 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “granularity”