| 1 | Old French | gros | big; large |
| 2 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 3 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |