Etymology of the French word graine
the Old French word
grainederived from the Classical Latin word
granum (grain; grain; seed)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gr₀ə-no-Date
The earliest known usage of graine in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
casse-graine,
porte-graine,
prégraine,
dégrainer,
graineterie,
graineur,
grainier,
grainée,
agrainerDerivations in other languages
English
grain, English
grainsCognates
Catalan
corbmari, Danish
kormoran, Dutch
grein, Dutch
koren, English
cormorant, English
grain, English
corn, French
cormoran, 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 Old French
