Where does “grimório” come from?
grimório (Portuguese) comes from French grimoire, from French grammaire, from Middle French grammaire, from Old French gramaire, from Vulgar Latin *grammāria, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
grimório (Portuguese): grimoire book of instructions in the use of magic
Definitions
- grimoire book of instructions in the use of magic
Ancestry of “grimório”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grimoire | grimoire |
| 2 | French | grammaire | grammar; a grammar textbook |
| 3 | Middle French | grammaire | grammar |
| 4 | Old French | gramaire | grammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *grammāria | — |
| 6 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |