Where does “grisâtre” come from?

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

grisâtre (French): greyish

Definitions

  1. greyish

Ancestry of “grisâtre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrisgrey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray
2Old Occitangris—
3Frankishgrīsgrey
4Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

Words derived from “grisâtre”

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