Etymograph

English

grange

Grange comes from Old French grange ‘granary’, from Vulgar Latin *grānica ‘barn’, and 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’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm2‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom2‘grain’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum1‘grain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*grānica1‘barn’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400grange1‘granary’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500graunge1‘granary, barn’
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604grange1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English grange
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin granum
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice: “What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵerh₂-Wiktionary, English grange‘to grow old, to mature’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nómWiktionary, Latin granum‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānomWiktionary, Latin granum‘grain’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānumWiktionary, English grange‘grain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*grānicaWiktionary, English grange‘barn’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400grangeWiktionary, English grange‘granary’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500graungeWiktionary, English grange‘granary, barn’
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604grangeWiktionary, English grange. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice: “What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is…”

Linked words

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

carl, karl, corny, garnet, geriatrics, churlish, 11 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’

corn, kernel, kern, 9 more

through Latin grānum ‘grain’

grain, garner, granite, gram, granular, grenadier, granary, granule, 6 more

Today it means

noun A granary.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “grange”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin granum. 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- / grange

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