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English word gross comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə-, Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-, Late Latin grossus, and later Proto-Germanic *greutaną (To grind, crush.)
*gʰrewd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ghrewə- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʷres- (Proto-Indo-European)
grossus (Late Latin)
*greutaną (Proto-Germanic)
To grind, crush.
*grautaz (Proto-Germanic)
Big, large. Coarse, crude.
grōz (Old High German)
grossus (Malayalam)
grossus (Latin)
(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) coarse, unrefined. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) young, green, immature. (Medieval Latin) thick, large, great.
gros (Old French)
Big; large.
gross (Middle English)
gross (English)
To earn money, not including expenses. The bulk, the mass, the masses.. The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.. Twelve dozen = 144. (pathology) Seen without a microscope, macroscopic, usually for a tissue or an organ.. (slang, North America) Disgusting, nasty.. Coarse, rude, [...]