granary
GRAN-uh-ree · noun
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Origin
Granary comes from Latin grānārium, borrowed into English in the 16th century. It's built from grain plus the suffix -ary, meaning a place for something.
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Journey
The word has stayed close to its Latin roots, always naming a place for storing grain.
Related words
Granary is a doublet of garner — both trace back to the same Latin root, having entered English by different paths.