The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*warduz“guard”
- Old French · derived fromGranville
- English todayGranville
The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*warduz all →
ward
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.