Where does “grosolan” come from?
grosolan (Romanian) comes from Italian grossolano, from Italian grosso, from Latin grossus, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
grosolan (Romanian): rough; coarse; gross; graceless; crude; rustic; bearish; agrestic; unpolished; unrefined; oafish; boorish
Definitions
- rough; coarse; gross; graceless; crude; rustic; bearish; agrestic; unpolished; unrefined; oafish; boorish
Ancestry of “grosolan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | grossolano | coarse (all senses) |
| 2 | Italian | grosso | big, large; fat; thick |
| 3 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 4 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |