Granted
/ˈɡræntɪd/noun
Past tense and past participle of grant, meaning to give, allow, or admit as true.
Did you know?Grant ultimately traces back to a Germanic root meaning “to cry out” or “call out,” which is why its history is less about softness and more about a public act of declaring something given.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gwer-
“to cry out, call out”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*grananą
“to cry, murmur, complain”
Old French
Old French
graanter / granter
“to promise, consent, grant”
Middle English
English
graunten
“to promise, concede, bestow”
Modern English
English
grant
“to give, allow, or admit as true”