Where does “grosisment” come from?
grosisment (Romanian) comes from French grossissement, from French grossir, from French gros, from Old French gros, from Latin grossus, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
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Ancestry of “grosisment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grossissement | magnification |
| 2 | French | grossir | to increase, to make larger; to plump up; to put... |
| 3 | French | gros | big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous |
| 4 | Old French | gros | big; large |
| 5 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 6 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |