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grainEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Italic *grānom Latin grānum Old French grainbor. Middle English greyn English grain From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grainiz Old Norse greinbor. Middle English grayn English grain From Middle English grayn, from Old Norse grein (“bough, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“branch, twig, ramification”), of unknown origin. Related to English grove (“thicket”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- GrainEnglish · e-38538-3243
Grain, grān, n. a single small hard seed: (coll.) the seeds of certain plants which form the chief food of man: corn, in general: a minute particle: a very small quantity: the smallest British weight, supposed to be the
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Grain, grān, n. a prong, fork: a kind of harpoon.
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