Where does “grégeois” come from?
grégeois (French) comes from Old French grezois, from Old French grece, from Latin Graecia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
grégeois (French): Greek, Grecian; Of or from Grèges
Definitions
- Greek, Grecian; Of or from Grèges
Ancestry of “grégeois”, step by step
grégeois traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French grezois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | grezois | Greek; Greek language |
| 2 | Old French | grece | fat; grease |
| 3 | Latin | Graecia | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via French Grèges
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Grèges | — |
via Vulgar Latin *graeciscus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *graeciscus | — |