Etymograph

English

grosion

Grosion comes from French gros ‘big, thick, fat’, from Old French gros ‘swollen, pregnant’, and ultimately from Latin grossus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrossus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gros‘swollen, pregnant’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘big, thick, fat’
  4. Englishtodaygrosion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrossus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gros‘swollen, pregnant’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘big, thick, fat’
  4. Englishtodaygrosion

The story

Back formation of a false singular from Greek γρόσια, when real singular is γρόσι, which in turn is derived from قروش kuruş from French gros meaning heavy

Linked words

through Latin grossus

grosz

through Old French gros ‘swollen, pregnant’

gross

Today it means

noun piastre; A unit of currency in Crete before it became part of modern Greece.

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

Etymograph / Latin grossus / grosion

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