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

grifon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French grif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgrif—
2Latingrypsgriffin
3Ancient Greekγρύψgriffin

via Latin grȳphus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrȳphus—

Words derived from “grifon”

Every word from Ancient Greek γρύψ →Every word from Latin gryps →Every word from Old French grif →