Where does “grati” come from?
grati (Esperanto) comes from French gratter, from Middle French gratter, from Old French gratter, from Frankish krattōn, from Proto-Germanic krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European gred-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
grati (Esperanto): to scratch
Definitions
- to scratch
Ancestry of “grati”, step by step
grati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French gratter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gratter | to scrub; to scrape; to scratch |
| 2 | Middle French | gratter | — |
| 3 | Old French | gratter | — |
| 4 | Frankish | krattōn | to scratch, scrawl |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krattōną | to scratch, scrawl |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gred- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Italian grattare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | grattare | to scratch, to scrape; to grate; "but takes avere... |
| 2 | Italian | capo | head; boss, chief, leader, master; end |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |