Where does “grille” come from?

grille (Middle French) comes from Old French greille, from Old French gradilie, from Latin crāticula, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

Ancestry of “grille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgreille—
2Old Frenchgradilie—
3Latincrāticulagrill, grating
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “grille”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin crāticula →