grande

/ˈɡɾande/ · A1 · adj

big, large

🐘 grande = grand: same Latin root grandis, so big and great in one word

From Latin grandis (big, full-grown), the same source as English grand and grandee. That one root covers size (big), stature (great) and age (grown-up, old). Starbucks borrowed it too: a grande is simply a large.

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