Etymology

grand

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Today it means: Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional Full definition →

Middle English grand ← Anglo-Norman graunt ← Old French grant
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grand · adjective, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromgrandis
  2. Old French · derived fromgrant
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgraunt
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgrand
  5. English todaygrand

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

grand · noun2

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Words from the same roots

Anglo-Normangraunt all →

grant

Old Frenchgrant all →

grant

Latingrandis all →

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