grenier
French
noun
Definitions
- attic (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)
- granary
- garret
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French grenier inherited from Old French grenier inherited from Latin grānārium (granary) suffix from French grain (a grain).
Origin
French
grain
Gloss
a grain
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- granary English
- grānum Latin
- grānārium Latin
- granaio Italian
- engrain French
- grain French
- égrener French
- granero Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- gernier Old French
- grain Old French
- grenier Old French
- grajno Esperanto
- gra Catalan, Valencian
- graner Catalan, Valencian
- grânar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- grein Middle Dutch
- granario Ido
- grenier Middle French
- granâr Friulian