grant

grant · verb, noun¹

1. Medieval Latin · derived from*credentāre
2. Latin · derived fromcredere“to believe, trust”
3. Medieval Latin · derived from*credentāre
4. Old French · derived fromgranter
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgranter
6. Middle English · inherited fromgranten
7. English todaygrant

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.

Grant · proper noun, noun²

1. Latin · derived fromgrandis
2. Old French · derived fromgrant
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgraunt“big, large”
4. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromGrannd
5. English todayGrant

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

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