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Where does “grifon” come from?

grifon (Old French) comes from Old French grif, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ — griffin.

Ancestry of “grifon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgrif—
2Latingrypsgriffin
3Ancient Greekγρύψgriffin
Every word from Ancient Greek γρύψ →