Where does “graybeard” come from?

graybeard (English) comes from English greybeard, from English Beard, from Middle English berd, from Old English beard, from Proto-West Germanic bard, from Proto-Germanic bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

graybeard (English): Alternative spelling of greybeard

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of greybeard

Ancestry of “graybeard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgreybeardAn old man; Any of the members of a group who...
2EnglishBeardA place name
3Middle Englishberdbeard
4Old Englishbeardbeard
5Proto-West Germanicbardbeard
6Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →