Where does “groco” come from?
groco (Esperanto) comes from English gross, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
groco (Esperanto): a gross, 144; twelve dozen
Definitions
- a gross, 144; twelve dozen
Ancestry of “groco”, step by step
groco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English gross
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gross | Highly or conspicuously offensive; Excluding any... |
| 2 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 3 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German Gros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gros | A gross, 144 |
| 2 | French | gros | big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous |
| 3 | Old French | gros | big; large |
| 4 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 5 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via French grosse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grosse | pregnant |