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Etymology of the French word grain

the Old French word grain
derived from the Classical Latin word granum (grain; grain; seed)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gr₀ə-no-

Derivations in French

agrainer, grener, grainer, grenaille, gros-grain, pèse-grains, engrener, égrener

Derivations in other languages

English grain, Romanian gren

Cognates

Catalan corbmari, Danish kormoran, Dutch grein, Dutch koren, English cormorant, English grain, English corn, French cormoran, French graine, German Gran, German Kormoran, Icelandic korn, Italian grano, Latin granum, Portuguese grão, Portuguese corvomarinho, Spanish grano, Swedish gran, Swedish korn

Usage

Word found in Old French



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