Etymology

granary

gran·a·ry
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Today it means: A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed. Full definition →

Latin grānārium
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromgrānārium
  2. English todaygranary

Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner.

Words from the same roots

Latingrānārium all →

garner

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