Where does “grangur” come from?
grangur (Romanian) comes from Latin galgulus, from Latin galbulus, from Latin galbus, from Latin galbinus, from Latin galbanum, from Ancient Greek χαλβάνη, from Hebrew חֶלְבְּנָה, from Hebrew ח־ל־ב — milk.
grangur (Romanian): oriole; hotshot, big gun, bigwig
Definitions
- oriole; hotshot, big gun, bigwig
Ancestry of “grangur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | galgulus | The witwall |
| 2 | Latin | galbulus | The nut of the cypress tree |
| 3 | Latin | galbus | yellow, chartreuse |
| 4 | Latin | galbinus | greenish-yellow, yellowish, chartreuse;... |
| 5 | Latin | galbanum | galbanum |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαλβάνη | galbanum, the resinous juice produced by plants... |
| 7 | Hebrew | חֶלְבְּנָה | — |
| 8 | Hebrew | ח־ל־ב | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | חָלָב | milk |