Where does “greengrocery” come from?
greengrocery (English) comes from English greengrocer, from English grocer, from French grossier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
greengrocery (English): The trade of a greengrocer; A greengrocer's shop
Definitions
- The trade of a greengrocer; A greengrocer's shop
Ancestry of “greengrocery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | greengrocer | A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit,... |
| 2 | English | grocer | A person who retails groceries from a grocery;... |
| 3 | French | grossier | coarse; shoddy; gross |
| 4 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |