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Where does “grifu” come from?

grifu (Asturian) comes from Latin grȳphus, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ — griffin.

grifu (Asturian): griffin

Definitions

  1. griffin

Ancestry of “grifu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrȳphus—
2Latingrypsgriffin
3Ancient Greekγρύψgriffin
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