grogram

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵerh₂-“to grow old, mature”
2. French · borrowed fromgros-grain“coarse grain, a strong fabric”
3. English todaygrogram

Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later.

Words from the same roots