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Where does “grammaticus” come from?

grammaticus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

grammaticus (Latin): of or pertaining to the study of language, of...

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to the study of language, of...

Ancestry of “grammaticus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
2Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
3Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
4Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “grammaticus”

  • grammar
  • grammatical
  • grammatically
  • ungrammatical
  • grammaticalization
  • grammaticality
  • ungrammaticality
  • ungrammatically
  • grimoire
  • lexicogrammatical
  • lexicogrammar
  • gramarye
  • degrammaticalization
  • grammarless
  • grammaticalness
  • nongrammatical
  • agrammatical
  • metagrammar
  • lexicogrammatically
  • antigrammatical
  • metagrammatical
  • grammared
  • subgrammar
  • ungrammared
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