Words that come from Latin “grȳphus”

103 words across 40 languages descend from Latin grȳphus — including griffin, griffon, Gryffindor, griffe, griff, griffiness, griffinism, griffinish.

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German (24)

English (12)

Icelandic (10)

Italian (5)

French (4)

Old Irish (3)

Portuguese (3)

Old High German (2)

Hungarian (2)

Irish (2)

Catalan (2)

Dutch (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old French (2)

Finnish (2)

Danish (2)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Asturian (1)

Swedish (1)

Estonian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Romanian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle High German (1)

Russian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Polish (1)

Old Danish (1)

Middle French (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Silesian (1)

Georgian (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Welsh (1)

Hebrew (1)

Korean (1)