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Where does “gramere” come from?

gramere (Middle English) comes from Old French gramaire, from Vulgar Latin *grammāria, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “gramere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgramairegrammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror
2Vulgar Latin*grammāria—
3Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
4Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
5Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
6Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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