Where does “grid” come from?
Grid comes from English gridiron, from Anglo-Norman gredil, from Old French greil, from Old French graille meaning grating or lattice, from Latin craticula, from Latin cratis meaning wickerwork, from Proto-Indo-European krtis, from Proto-Indo-European kert- meaning to weave or plait.
grid (English): A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of...
Definitions
- A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of...
Ancestry of “grid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | griddle | A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which... |
| 2 | Middle English | gridil | An iron grate or grid |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | gredil | Alternative form of greil |
| 4 | Old French | greïl | grill (usually metal mesh suitable for being exposed to fire) |
| 5 | Old French | graïlle | grate, grating |
| 6 | Occitan | gralha | crow |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | gracla | — |
| 8 | Latin | grācula | (female) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |