Etymology

Grampians

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Today it means: The Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands. Full definition →

Latin Graupius ← Proto-Brythonic *krib ← Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*krīkʷā“trench, furrow, boundary”
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*krib
  3. Latin · derived fromGraupius
  4. English todayGrampians

Antiquarian revival of Latin Graupius, with the modern spelling resulting from a 15th-century mapmaker's misprinting of u as m. Unknown exact etymology. Breeze (2002) argues that this represents a corrupt form of Proto-Brythonic *krib, from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“trench, furrow, boundary”).

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