grimoire
English
/ˈɡɹɪmwɑː/, /ˈɡɹɪmˌwɑːɹ/
noun
Definitions
- (occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.
Etymology
Borrowed from French grimoire derived from Old French gramaire (grammar, magician, conjurer, grimoire, classical learning) derived from Latin grammatica (grammar, philology) derived from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (concerned with textual criticism, knowing one's letters) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (scratch, carve), *gerbʰ- (scratch, carve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gerbʰ-
Gloss
scratch, carve
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -gram English
- -graph English
- aerophotograph English
- grammatical English
- graph English
- photograph English
- grammatica Latin
- grammaticalis Latin
- grammaticālis Latin
- Grammatik German
- grafiek Dutch, Flemish
- grammatica Dutch, Flemish
- grimoire French
- грамма́тика Russian
- grimorio Spanish, Castilian
- γράμμα Ancient Greek
- γράφω Ancient Greek
- γραμμή Ancient Greek
- γραμματική Ancient Greek
- γραμματικός Ancient Greek
- γραφή Ancient Greek
- γραφικός Ancient Greek
- γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή Ancient Greek
- γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός Ancient Greek
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gr̥bʰtós Proto-Indo-European
- grimório Portuguese
- *kerban- Proto-Germanic
- *kerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- *kurbiz Proto-Germanic
- gramatyka Polish
- grammatic Old English
- gramer Middle English
- γραμμικός Old Norse
- *žerbьjь Proto-Slavic
- gramaire Old French
- gramairien Old French
- gramarie Old French
- gramadeg Welsh
- grammatach Old Irish
- grammatikka Ingrian
- *grəpʰō Proto-Hellenic