Where does “グロ” come from?
グロ (Japanese) comes from Japanese グロテスク, from French grotesque, from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum — to turn.
グロ (Japanese): graphic; gory; viscerally repulsive; being gory...
Definitions
- graphic; gory; viscerally repulsive; being gory...
Ancestry of “グロ”, step by step
グロ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese グロテスク
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | グロテスク | grotesque; someone or something grotesque; the... |
| 2 | French | grotesque | farcical; grotesque; grotesqueness |
| 3 | Middle French | grotesque | farcical; small cave; ornament |
| 4 | Italian | grottesco | grotesque |
| 5 | Italian | -esco | Forms adjectives that indicate relationship,... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 7 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 8 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 9 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 10 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English grotesque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grotesque | Distorted and unnatural in shape or size;... |