English
granule
Granule may come from French granule.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgranuleuncertain
- Englishtodaygranule
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgranuleuncertain
- Englishtodaygranule
Equivalent to grain + -ule
Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
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Proto-Italic *grānom
Latin grānum ‘seed’
Old French grain
Middle English greyn ‘a grain’
English grain
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
carl, karl, garnet, geriatrics, churlish, 12 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’
through Latin grānum ‘grain’
grain, garner, granite, gram, granger, grange, grenadier, granary, 6 more
Today it means
noun A tiny grain, a small particle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French granule / granule