Etymology

granite

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Today it means: A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown. Full definition →

French granit ← Italian granito ← Latin grānum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgrānum“grain”
  2. Italian · derived fromgranito“granite”
  3. French · borrowed fromgranit“granite”
  4. English todaygranite

From French granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from granire (“to granulate”), from grano (“grain”), from Latin grānum (“grain”). Compare granita.

Words from the same roots

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