Etymology

grouper

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Today it means: Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas. Full definition →

Portuguese garoupa
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grouper · noun1

  1. Portuguese · derived fromgaroupa“grouper”
  2. English todaygrouper

From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa.

grouper · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  3. Frankish*krupp
  4. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  5. Italiangruppo
  6. Frenchgroupe
  7. Italiangruppo
  8. Englishgroup
  9. English todaygrouper

From group + -er.

Words from the same roots

Portuguesegaroupa all →

garrupa

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