Wordwyrt

garner

/ˈɡɑːnə/GAHR-nur
/ˈɡɑɹnɚ/GAHR-nur

Meaninga grain store

Common meaning: to gather and store

Journey through time

  1. Latingrānum‘a seed, grain’
  2. Old Frenchgerniersource
  3. Middle Englishgarnersource
  4. Englishgarner‘to gather and store’ · today

garn also in: granarygranitegranule

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin grānum ‘a seed, grain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry grānum, p. 824 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GARNER, p. 228 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

granarygranitegranule

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app