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Where does “grisou” come from?

grisou (French) comes from French grégeois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

grisou (French): firedamp

Definitions

  1. firedamp

Ancestry of “grisou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchgrégeoisGreek, Grecian; Of or from Grèges
2French-oisUsed to form adjectives related to a particular...
3Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolō—
7Latinquelō—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “grisou”

  • grisú
  • grisoutite
  • grisou
  • grisu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →