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Where does “Grēcas” come from?

Grēcas (Old English) comes from Esperanto kreko, from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός, from Ancient Greek γραῖα, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Grēcas (Old English): the Greeks; Greeks

Definitions

  1. the Greeks; Greeks

Ancestry of “Grēcas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokrekoteal
2LatinGraecusGreek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek...
3Ancient GreekΓραικόςGreek; a Graecian, a member of an ancient...
4Ancient Greekγραῖα—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “Grēcas”

  • Greek
  • greek
  • Greekish
  • greeking
  • Greekless
  • neo-Greek
  • Greeks
  • Proto-Greek
  • Indo-Greek
  • Greeklessness
  • Pre-Greek
  • Neo-Greek
  • grekissh
  • grēcisc
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