Where does “grègue” come from?

grègue (French) comes from English Greg, 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.

grègue (French): teapot

Definitions

  1. teapot

Ancestry of “grègue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGreg(sometimes derived from the surname Greig)
2Old Englishgrǣġ—
3Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
4Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “grègue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grāu →
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