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Etymology of the English word grammar

the English word grammar
derived from the Old French word gramaire
derived from the Latin word grammatica (grammar; philology)
derived from the Greek word grammatike, γραμματική
derived from the Greek word grammatikos, γραμματικός
derived from the Greek word gramma, γράμμα (mark; a writing; a letter, note, epistle, book, etc.; plural learning)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerbh-

Date

The earliest known usage of grammar in English dates from the 14th century.

Cognates

Dutch grammatica, French grammaire, German Grammatik, Italian grammatica, Lithuanian gramatika, Norwegian grammatikk, Polish gramatyka, Russian гpaммaтикa, Swedish grammatik

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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