Etymology

garner

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Today it means: A granary; a store of grain. Full definition →

Middle English gerner ← Old French gernier ← Latin grānārium
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  1. Latin · derived fromgrānārium“granary”
  2. Old French · derived fromgernier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgerner
  4. English todaygarner

From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.

Words from the same roots

Latingrānārium all →

granary

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