Words that come from Ancient Greek “γρύψ”

42 words across 24 languages descend from Ancient Greek γρύψ — including griffin, griffon, griff, griffiness, griffinism, griffinish, gryphus, gryps.

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English (6)

Italian (4)

Old Irish (3)

Latin (2)

Hungarian (2)

Tagalog (2)

Irish (2)

Old French (2)

Proto-Brythonic (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle English (2)

French (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Welsh (1)

Welsh (1)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Asturian (1)

Dutch (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

German (1)

Romanian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Portuguese (1)