Given name & surname · also Old French
Grater
“one who grates”
Grater is a surname from Old French (ultimately Middle High German).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grater goes back to Old French grateor, meaning “one who grates.”
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Where it comes from
Grater comes from Old French, and ultimately from Middle High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French grateor (“one who grates”), from German Gräter, from Middle High German grede (“granary, warehouse”).
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