Where does “grate” come from?

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grate (English): a horizontal metal grill through which water,...

Definitions

  1. a horizontal metal grill through which water,...

Ancestry of “grate”, step by step

grate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin grātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome
2Proto-Italicgrātos
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷr̥Htóspraised
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷerH-to express approval; praise; to elevate

via Middle English grate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgrate

Words derived from “grate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerH-