Where does “granit” come from?

granit (Polish) comes from English granite, from French granit, from Italian granito, from Italian granire, from Italian grano, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm — to grow old, to mature.

granit (Polish): granite

Definitions

  1. granite

Ancestry of “granit”, step by step

granit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English granite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgraniteA group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed...
2Frenchgranitgranite
3Italiangranitogranite; past participle of granire
4Italiangranireto granulate; to form grains or seeds
5Italiangranowheat, corn; grain; bead
6Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
7Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via German Granit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGranitgranite
2Middle High Germangranīt

via French granité

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgranitégranita (sorbet)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm
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