Where does “grossetto” come from?
grossetto (English) comes from Italian grossetto, from Italian grosso, from Latin grossus, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
grossetto (English): An Italian coin of the fourteenth century
Definitions
- An Italian coin of the fourteenth century
Ancestry of “grossetto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | grossetto | — |
| 2 | Italian | grosso | big, large; fat; thick |
| 3 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 4 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |