Where does “Grampus” come from?
Grampus (Translingual) comes from English grampus, from Middle English grampas, from Anglo-Norman grampais, from Medieval Latin craspicis, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s.
Ancestry of “Grampus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | grampus | The killer whale, "Orcinus orca"; Risso's... |
| 2 | Middle English | grampas | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | grampais | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | craspicis | — |
| 5 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |