Etymograph

English

Granville

Granville comes from Old French Granville.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Granville
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Granville
  2. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of grant ‘grand’ + ville ‘settlement’

Proto-Italic *grandis

Latin grandis ‘full-grown, grown up’

Old French grant ‘grand’

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘settlement’

Proto-Italic *weikslā

Latin vīlla ‘country house’

Old French ville ‘settlement’

The story

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (‘grand’) + ville (‘settlement’). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (‘guard’).

Every English word from Old French Granville

Today it means

name An English surname from Old French.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old French Granville / Granville

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