Etymology

grao

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Today it means: A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm. Full definition →

Portuguese grão ← Old Galician-Portuguese grão ← Latin grānum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgrānum
  2. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromgrão
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromgrão“grain”
  4. English todaygrao

From Portuguese grão (“grain”), from Old Galician-Portuguese grão, from Latin grānum. Doublet of corn, grain, gram, and granum.

Words from the same roots

Latingrānum all →

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