granulum

granulum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-nóm
Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm
Proto-Italic *grānom
Latin grānum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin ulum
Latin grānulum

    From grānum (“grain, seed”) + ulum.

    Noun

    grānulum n (genitive grānulī); second declension

    1. diminutive of grānum
    2. granule (small grain)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative grānulum grānula
    genitive grānulī grānulōrum
    dative grānulō grānulīs
    accusative grānulum grānula
    ablative grānulō grānulīs
    vocative grānulum grānula

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: grànul
    • → English: granule
    • → Italian: granulo
    • → Portuguese: grânulo

    References

    • “granulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “granulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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