English
Grangegate
From grange + -gate.
Formed from grange + -gate
Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
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Latin grānum ‘grain’
Vulgar Latin *grānica ‘barn’
Old French grange ‘granary’
Middle English graunge ‘granary, barn’
English grange
Today it means
name A 2014 scandal over Australian politician Barry O'Farrell's failure to declare a gift of a $3,000 bottle of Grange Hermitage wine from a business executive.
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Etymograph / Grangegate