Where does “graïl” come from?

graïl (Old French) comes from Old French graïlle, from Occitan gralha, from Vulgar Latin gracla, from Latin grācula, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

graïl (Old French): gridiron

Definitions

  1. gridiron

Ancestry of “graïl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgraïllegrate, grating
2Occitangralhacrow
3Vulgar Latingracla—
4Latingrācula(female) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin grācula →