Etymology of the English word grammar
the English word
grammarderived from the Old French word
gramairederived 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
grammatikUsage
Word found in Modern English
