Derived forms child-greatengreatengreat-auntgreat-gogreat-grandgreat-grandauntgreat-grandchildgreat-granddaughtergreat-grandfathergreat-grandfather-in-lawgreat-grandkidgreat-grandma

Etymology

From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbri…

*gʰer- Proto-Indo-European greet Middle English grēat Old English *graut Proto-West Germanic *grautaz Proto-Germanic *gʰrewd- Proto-Indo-European

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# great

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡɹeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɹeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 164

## Meanings
1. Very good, excellent, or wonderful.
2. Very large in size, amount, or degree.
3. Important and famous; of major significance.
4. A person who is very famous and admired in their field.

## Examples
- Dinner was great.
- A great crowd gathered in the square.
- Shakespeare is a great writer.
- She is one of the greats of American music.

## Synonyms
- arch-
- giga-
- grand
- grt
- hyper-
- macro-
- mega-
- over-
- super-
- supra-
- uber-
- ultra-

## Antonyms
- mediocre
- ordinary
- tiny

## Derived Forms
- child-great
- engreaten
- great-aunt
- great-go
- great-grand
- great-grandaunt
- great-grandchild
- great-granddaughter
- great-grandfather
- great-grandfather-in-law
- great-grandkid
- great-grandma

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰer-
- Root: greet
- Root: grēat
- Root: *graut
- Root: *grautaz
- Root: *gʰrewd-

## Etymology
From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbri…

## AI Etymology
Great comes from Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). In current use, the main senses are “Very good, excellent, or wonderful” and “Very large in size, amount, or degree”.

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