granary
Meaninga grain store
Common meaning: a storehouse for grain
- grana seed, grainLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 824 · scan
- aryending: linked with, or a place for
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin grānum ‘a seed, grain’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry grānum, p. 824 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GARNER, p. 228 · dictionary scan
Roots
- grānum Latin “a seed, grain”
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