Etymograph

English

grao

Grao comes from Portuguese grão ‘grain’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain, seed, small kernel’
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500grão‘grain’
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘grain’
  6. Englishtodaygrao

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain, seed, small kernel’
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500grão‘grain’
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘grain’
  6. Englishtodaygrao

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’

corn, kernel, kern, 7 more

through Latin grānum ‘grain, seed, small kernel’

garner, grain, granite, gram, granger, grange, granular, grenadier, granary, granule, 4 more

Today it means

noun A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm / grao

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