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Where does “grill” come from?

Grill comes from French gril, Old English grillan, and Proto-Germanic graljaną, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European gʰer-, with a parallel development through Latin cratis from Proto-Indo-European kert-.

grill (English): A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material...

Definitions

  1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material...

Ancestry of “grill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrillerOne who, or that which, grills; Food suitable for...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “grill”

  • grilled
  • grille
  • grillwork
  • grillroom
  • griller
  • grillework
  • chargrill
  • ungrilled
  • grillable
  • grillmaster
  • grillsteak
  • grillware
  • grillery
  • nongrilled
  • pregrill
  • grillen
  • grille
  • grill
  • grillen
  • grill
  • 그릴
  • grillen
  • chrèlle
  • grèlle
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