Words that come from Frankish “grīs”

120 words across 34 languages descend from Frankish grīs — including grizzly, Grisons, grisaille, grisette, grizzle, grison, grizzler, grisaille.

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French (20)

English (14)

Vietnamese (13)

Romanian (8)

Italian (7)

Catalan (7)

Portuguese (6)

Spanish (6)

Esperanto (4)

Ido (3)

Finnish (3)

Polish (3)

Czech (2)

Greek (2)

Old French (2)

Lombard (2)

Old Occitan (1)

Turkish (1)

Latin (1)

Russian (1)

Japanese (1)

Basque (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Middle English (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

Corsican (1)

Venetian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Réunion Creole French (1)

Chavacano (1)

Slovak (1)

Bulgarian (1)