Where does “gruel” come from?

gruel (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin grutellum, from Medieval Latin grutum, from Proto-Germanic grūtiz — ground material; grit.

gruel (Old French): coarse meal; > French {{m|fr|gruau}}

Definitions

  1. coarse meal; > French {{m|fr|gruau}}

Ancestry of “gruel”, step by step

gruel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin grutellum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latingrutellum—
2Medieval Latingrutumflour; meal; flour, meal, used as seasoning for...
3Proto-Germanicgrūtizground material; grit

via Old French gru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgru—
2Frankishgrūt—

Words derived from “gruel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic grūtiz →Every word from Medieval Latin grutum →Every word from Medieval Latin grutellum →