Where does “grater” come from?

grater (Old French) comes from Frankish krattōn, from Proto-Germanic krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European gred-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

grater (Old French): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “grater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishkrattōnto scratch, scrawl
2Proto-Germanickrattōnąto scratch, scrawl
3Proto-Indo-Europeangred-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “grater”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gred- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krattōną →