Where does “gramatician” come from?
gramatician (Romanian) comes from Romanian gramatică, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
gramatician (Romanian): grammarian
Definitions
- grammarian
Ancestry of “gramatician”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gramatică | grammar |
| 2 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |