Etymograph

English

grandezza

Grandezza comes from Italian grandezza ‘size’, from grande ‘big, large’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *grandis.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grandisreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandisas grandem‘large, great, grand, lofty, big’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentgrande‘big, large’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentgrandezza‘size’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1907same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grandisreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandisas grandem‘large, great, grand, lofty, big’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentgrande‘big, large’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentgrandezza‘size’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1907same form

Earliest quotation: 1907, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams: “Society went on excellently well without houses, or carriages,…”

Linked words

through Latin grandis ‘large, great, grand, lofty, big’

grandiose, aggrandizement, 8 more

Today it means

noun Grandeur, greatness, magnificence.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *grandis / grandezza

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