Where does “grosor” come from?
grosor (Spanish) comes from Galician groso, from Old Portuguese 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.
grosor (Spanish): thickness
Definitions
- thickness
Ancestry of “grosor”, step by step
grosor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician groso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | groso | large, big; thick; coarse, harsh, unrefined |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | grosso | — |
| 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 |