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grateEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gred- Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂ti Proto-Indo-European *grodnéh₂ti? Proto-Germanic *krattōną Frankish *krattōnbor. Old French graterbor. Middle English graten English grate From Middle English graten, from Old French grater (“to scrape”) ( > French gratter), from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną. Cognate with Old High German krazzon ( > German kratzen (“to scrawl”) > Danish kradse), Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”) and Danish kratte. Doublet of cratch.
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From Latin grātus (“agreeable”).
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1908- GrateEnglish · e-38538-3282
Grate, grāt, n. a framework composed of bars with interstices, esp. one of iron bars for holding coals while burning.—adj. Grat′ed, having a grating.—ns. Graticulā′tion, the division of a design into squares for convenie
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Grate, grāt, v.t. to rub hard or wear away with anything rough: to make a harsh sound: to irritate or offend.—n. Grat′er, an instrument with a rough surface for grating down a body.—adj. Grat′ing, rubbing hard on the fee
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