Where does “grizulo” come from?

grizulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto griza, from French gris, from Old Occitan gris, from Frankish grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

grizulo (Esperanto): a grey-haired person, particularly one of old age

Definitions

  1. a grey-haired person, particularly one of old age

Ancestry of “grizulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogrizagray
2Frenchgrisgrey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray
3Old Occitangris—
4Frankishgrīsgrey
5Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening
Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Frankish grīs →Every word from Old Occitan gris →