gross · adjective, noun, verb1
- Latin · derived fromgrossus“big, fat, thick”
- Old French · derived fromgros
- Middle English · inherited fromgros“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”
- English todaygross
From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”).
Gross · proper noun2
- Hebrew · derived fromגדול“big, large”
- English todayGross
* As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol. * As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above. The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.
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