English
garner
Garner comes from Old French gernier, from Latin grānārium ‘granary’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānārium‘granary’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gernier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gerner‘a granary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611garner
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānārium‘granary’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gernier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gerner‘a granary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611garner
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “That our garners may be full, affording all manner…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
carl, karl, geriatrics, churlish, 13 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’
through Proto-Italic *grānom ‘grain’
through Latin grānum ‘grain’
grain, granite, gram, grange, granular, grenadier, granule, 6 more
through Latin grānārium ‘granary’
Today it means
noun A granary; a store of grain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm / garner