grain
French
noun
Definitions
- grain
- (figurative) a small amount, a bit
Etymology
Inherited from Old French grain inherited from Latin grānum (grain, seed, kernel, a grain) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (grain, worn-down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵr̥h₂nóm
Gloss
grain, worn-down
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
粒
Emoji
🌾
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *granica Latin
- granarium Latin
- granatus Latin
- granum Latin
- grānulum Latin
- grānum Latin
- grānātum Latin
- grano Italian
- graan Dutch, Flemish
- grein Dutch, Flemish
- engrain French
- grenier French
- égrener French
- *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kurną Proto-Germanic
- greyn Middle English
- greyne Middle English
- grone Middle English
- gráinne Irish
- *zьrno Proto-Slavic
- *zь̀rno Proto-Slavic
- grain Old French
- grajno Esperanto
- gra Catalan, Valencian
- granar Catalan, Valencian
- graner Catalan, Valencian
- grâu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- grăunte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- grein Middle Dutch
- grenier Middle French
- grão Old Portuguese
- *grānom Proto-Celtic
- grãn Aromanian
- gãrnuts Aromanian
- gran Friulian
- grano Old Spanish
- *grunā Proto-Albanian
- *źirnja- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *źírˀna Proto-Balto-Slavic