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Where does “gramarie” come from?

gramarie (Old French) comes from Old French grammaire, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “gramarie”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gramarie”

  • grammar
  • lexicogrammar
  • gramarye
  • grammarless
  • metagrammar
  • grammared
  • subgrammar
  • ungrammared
  • protogrammar
  • grammary
  • grammarlike
  • nongrammar
  • grammarism
  • grammarese
  • ethnogrammar
  • grammar Nazi
  • grammar checker
  • gramarye
  • gramery
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