Etymology of the English word grain
the English word
grainderived from the Old French word
grainederived from the Classical Latin word
granum (grain; grain; seed)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gr₀ə-no-derived from the Old French word
grainderived from the Classical Latin word
granum (grain; grain; seed)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gr₀ə-no-Date
The earliest known usage of grain in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
feedgrain,
grained,
grainfield,
grainy,
woodgrain,
graining.Cognates
Catalan
corbmari, Danish
kormoran, Dutch
grein, Dutch
koren, English
cormorant, English
corn, French
cormoran, French
graine, French
grain, German
Gran, German
Kormoran, Icelandic
korn, Italian
grano, Latin
granum, Portuguese
grão, Portuguese
corvomarinho, Spanish
grano, Swedish
gran, Swedish
kornUsage
Word found in Modern English
