Where does “geant” come from?
geant (Middle French) comes from Old French gaiant, from Vulgar Latin *gagantem, from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek Γίγας, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς.
geant (Middle French): giant
Ancestry of “geant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | gaiant | a giant |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *gagantem | — |
| 3 | Latin | gigantem | accusative singular of gigāns |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γίγας | one of the Gigantes; a Gigas |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Γίγᾱς | — |