Where does “Grenier” come from?

Grenier (French) comes from Middle French grenier, from Old French grenier, from Latin grānārium, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Grenier (French): granary

Definitions

  1. granary

Ancestry of “Grenier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgrenier—
2Old Frenchgrenier—
3Latingrānāriumgranary
4Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
5Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “Grenier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →