Etymology Explorer
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Where does “grand” come from?
grand (Old French) comes from Latin grandis, from Proto-Italic *grandis.
Ancestry of “grand”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
grandis
full-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty;...
2
Proto-Italic
*grandis
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