Where does “gris” come from?

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

gris (French): grey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray

Definitions

  1. grey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray

Ancestry of “gris”, step by step

gris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan gris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitangris—
2Frankishgrīsgrey
3Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

via Old French gris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgrisgray
2Vulgar Latingrisus—

Words derived from “gris”

Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Frankish grīs →Every word from Old Occitan gris →