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grand

/ɡˈɹænd/GRAND
/ɡˈɹænd/GRAND

Meaninggreat

Common meaning: large and impressive

Journey through time

  1. Latingrandis‘great, full-grown’
  2. Old Frenchgrandsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsgreat, full-grown → large and impressivegrand‘large and impressive’ · today

grand also in: grandeurgrandioseaggrandise

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

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Origin: Built on Latin grandis ‘great, full-grown’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry grandis, p. 242 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GRAMPUS, p. 242 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • grandis Latin “great, full-grown”

Related words

aggrandisegrampusgrandeurgrandiose

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