The story
- Latin · derived fromgrāmen, grāminis“grass, turf, herb, plant”
- English todaygraminous
From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Latingrāmen all →
graminoidgraminaceousgraminegramineousgraminifoliousgraminivoregraminivorygraminologistgraminology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.