Etymology

grater

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Today it means: a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump Full definition →

Old French grateor
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grater · noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromgrateor
  2. English todaygrater

From Old French grateor. See grate. By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) + -er.

Grater · proper noun2

  1. Middle High German · derived fromgrede“granary, warehouse”
  2. German · borrowed fromGräter
  3. Old French · derived fromgrateor“one who grates”
  4. English todayGrater

Two main origins: * From Old French grateor (“one who grates”), hence possibly an occupational surname for a furbisher. * Borrowed from German Gräter, an occupational surname for a worker in a granary or warehouse, from Middle High German grede (“granary, warehouse”).

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