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Where does “grandparte” come from?

grandparte (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto granda, from French grand, from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Old French -ur, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

grandparte (Esperanto): in major part, to a large extent

Definitions

  1. in major part, to a large extent

Ancestry of “grandparte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantograndabig, large
2Frenchgrandbig, great, grand; tall; Great, an honorific...
3Middle Frenchgrandbig; large
4Old Frenchgrantbig, large
5Old French-ur-er, used for form agent nouns
6Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
7Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
8Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
9Proto-Indo-European-oss—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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