Gross.
A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
Meaning & usage
A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.
Where this word comes from
* As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol. * As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above. The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.
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