Etymology

grating

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Today it means: Harsh and unpleasant. Full definition →

English grat(e) ← Middle English graten ← Old French grater
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gred-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*grodnéh₂ti?
  3. Proto-Germanic*krattōną
  4. Frankish*krattōn
  5. Old Frenchgrater
  6. Middle Englishgraten
  7. Englishgrat(e)
  8. English todaygrating

From grat(e) + -ing.

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