granger

granger · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromgranum
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*granica
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromgranicārium
4. Old French · derived fromgrangier
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgranger
6. Middle English · inherited fromgraunger
7. English todaygranger

From Middle English graunger, from Anglo-Norman granger, variant of Old French grangier, from grange, perhaps corresponding to Medieval Latin granicārium, from Vulgar Latin *granica, from Latin granum.

Granger · proper noun²

From granger, from grange.

Granger · noun, proper noun³

From Grange + -er, related to etymology 1.

Granger · proper noun⁴

Unknown.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from late 1860s or 1870s A member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.