French word gros comes from Proto-Indo-European *gher-, Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə-, Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-, Late Latin grossus, and later Proto-Germanic *greutaną (To grind, crush.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *gher- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *ghrewə- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *gʷres- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| grossus | Late Latin (LL) | |
| *greutaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To grind, crush. |
| *grautaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Big, large. Coarse, crude. |
| grōz | Old High German (goh) | |
| grossus | Malayalam (mal) | |
| grossus | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) coarse, unrefined. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) young, green, immature. (Medieval Latin) thick, large, great. |
| gros | Old French (fro) | Big; large. |
| gros | French (fra) | Big, thick, fat. Coarse, rough. |