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English word grandeur comes from French -eur, Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə-, French grand, and later Old French grant (Big, large.)

-eur (French)

Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives; -ness.. Used to form agent nouns from verbs.

*ghrewə- (Proto-Indo-European)

grand (French)

(usually, capitalized) Great, an honorific title. Big, great, grand. Extensive, large. Great; big fat; an intensifier. Tall.

grandiorem (Latin)

grant (Old French)

Big, large.

grandur (Old French)

Largeness; bigness.

grandeur (Middle French)

grandeur (English)

(archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.. Nobility.. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.

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