Etymograph

English

grammary

Grammary comes from Latin grammatica.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrammatica
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400gramarie
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same formas gramery‘grammar’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1814grammary

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrammatica
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400gramarie
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same formas gramery‘grammar’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1814grammary

Earliest quotation: 1814, The Book of Heroes. Book Second. Of Hughdietrich, and His So: “She took a spell of grammary, and threw it…”

Linked words

through Latin grammatica

glamour, grimoire, 2 more

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / Latin grammatica / grammary

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