Where does “Greg” come from?

Greg (English) comes from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic grēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Greg (English): (sometimes derived from the surname Greig)

Definitions

  1. (sometimes derived from the surname Greig)

Ancestry of “Greg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrǣġ—
2Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “Greg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →