ENGLISH ROOT WORD: gross "gross." from Latin grossus

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【gross】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "grossus." It carries the basic meaning of "gross."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "gross"]

grocery **[3667] grocery store
gross **[3538] very obvious or noticeable

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[WORD ROOT]root gross
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] groc, gross
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) grossus
[MEANING]root gross

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 grossus thick, coarse; coarse of food; great, gross

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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grocery ★★[3667] noun from grocer 〈 gross
【DEFINITION】 ① grocery store
② food sold by a grocer; food bought at a store
③ A grocery or a grocery store is a grocer's shop.
【pl.】 groceries
【ROOTs】 ⑴ groc(gross); gross ⑵ ery; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin grossarius》 [from Late Latin grossus("coarse (of food), great, gross)"] wholesaler, (literally) dealer in quantity
【First Known Meaning】 goods sold by a grocer;

gross ★★[3538] adjective from gross
【DEFINITION】 ① very obvious or noticeable
② rude or offensive
③ very disgusting
【VARIATIONs】 비교; gross < grosser < grossest
【SYNONYM】 crude, disgusting
【ROOTs】 gross; gross
【Etymology】 《Latin grossus》 thick, coarse; coarse of food; great, gross
【First Known Meaning】 large
【DERIVATIVEs】 grossly, grossness, gross

Other words containing "gross"; engross, engrossed, engrosser, engrossing, engrossingly, engrossment, greengrocery, grocer, grocerying, groceryman, grossly, grossness

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

grad-, gred-, gress-
grav-
grat-, grace
graph-
grand-
gram
govern-, gubern-
good
gold
god

 

 

 

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