greatnoun

What Is The Origin Of The Word Great? Old English great “big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse,” from West Germanic *grauta– “coarse, thick” (source also of Old Saxon grot, Old Frisian grat, Dutch groot, German groß “great”). Where did the word which originate from? Old English hwilc (West Saxon, Anglian), hwælc (Northumbrian) “which,” short for