Where does “grange” come from?
grange (French) comes from Middle French grange, from Old French grange, from Latin granicārium, from Vulgar Latin granica, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós — to grow old, to mature.
grange (French): a barn
Definitions
- a barn
Ancestry of “grange”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | grange | granary (grain store) |
| 2 | Old French | grange | granary; barn; grange; small farm |
| 3 | Latin | granicārium | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | granica | grain storage barn, granary; grange, small farm |
| 5 | Latin | grānum | grain, seed, small kernel |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | grānom | grain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |