Where does “Grill” come from?
Grill (Luxembourgish) comes from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, from Old French graïlle, from Occitan gralha, from Vulgar Latin gracla, from Latin grācula, from Latin -a.
Grill (Luxembourgish): grill; barbecue; cricket
Definitions
- grill; barbecue; cricket
Ancestry of “Grill”, step by step
Grill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French gril
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gril | grill |
| 2 | Middle French | gril | — |
| 3 | Old French | greïl | grill (usually metal mesh suitable for being exposed to fire) |
| 4 | Old French | graïlle | grate, grating |
| 5 | Occitan | gralha | crow |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | gracla | — |
| 7 | Latin | grācula | (female) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |