Where does “grá” come from?

grá (Irish) comes from Old Irish grád, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

grá (Irish): love; verbal noun of gráigh

Definitions

  1. love; verbal noun of gráigh

Ancestry of “grá”, step by step

grá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish grád

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgrádlove, affection, fondness, charity; grade,...
2Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
3Proto-Italicgraðus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—

via Old Norse grár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrárgrey; spiteful
2Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “grá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic graðus →Every word from Latin gradus →