Etymology

Gran Paradiso

Today it means: A mountain of the Graian Alps, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of northwestern Italy. Full definition →

Italian Gran Paradiso ← Franco-Provençal Granta Parey
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  1. Franco-Provençal · derived fromGranta Parey
  2. Italian · borrowed fromGran Paradiso
  3. English todayGran Paradiso

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Gran Paradiso (literally “Great Paradise”), a mistranslation of the original Franco-Provençal Granta Parey (literally “Great Wall”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.