Where does “Grosjean” come from?
Grosjean (French) comes from French Jean, from English Jean, from English Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, from Latin Joanna, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννα — God is gracious.
Ancestry of “Grosjean”, step by step
Grosjean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Jean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Jean | John |
| 2 | English | Jean | Denim |
| 3 | English | Jeanne | — |
| 4 | French | Jeanne | Jane, feminine of John |
| 5 | Old French | Jehane | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | Johanna | — |
| 7 | Latin | Joanna | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννα | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | יוֹחָנָה | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | יוֹחָנָן | God is gracious |
| 11 | Hebrew | יְהוֹחָנָן | God is gracious |
via French gros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gros | big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous |
| 2 | Old French | gros | big; large |
| 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 |