Where does “greyn” come from?

greyn (Middle English) comes from Old French grain, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

greyn (Middle English): Any kind of seed or planting body; Any plant that...

Definitions

  1. Any kind of seed or planting body; Any plant that...

Ancestry of “greyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgraingrain edible part of a cereal plant
2Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
3Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “greyn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →