Etymograph

English

garner

Garner comes from Old French gernier, from Latin grānārium ‘granary’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵerh₂-1‘to grow old, to mature’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂-nós1uncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm1‘grain’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom1‘grain’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum1‘grain’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānārium2‘granary’
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gernier2
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gerner2‘a granary’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1611garner2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin granarium
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English garner
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “That our garners may be full, affording all manner…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵerh₂-Wiktionary, Latin granarium‘to grow old, to mature’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂-nósWiktionary, Latin granariumuncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nómWiktionary, Latin granarium‘grain’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānomWiktionary, Latin granarium‘grain’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānumWiktionary, Latin granarium‘grain’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānāriumWiktionary, English garner‘granary’
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gernierWiktionary, English garner
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gernerWiktionary, English garner‘a granary’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1611garnerWiktionary, English garner. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “That our garners may be full, affording all manner…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’

carl, karl, geriatrics, churlish, 12 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós

corny, 1 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’

corn, kernel, kern, 8 more

through Proto-Italic *grānom ‘grain’

granger, 5 more

through Latin grānum ‘grain’

grain, granite, gram, grange, granular, grenadier, granule, 6 more

through Latin grānārium ‘granary’

granary

Today it means

noun A granary; a store of grain.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “garner”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin granarium. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- / garner

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