Where does “Gréc” come from?

Gréc (Old Irish) comes from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός, from Ancient Greek γραῖα, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Gréc (Old Irish): a Greek (person)

Definitions

  1. a Greek (person)

Ancestry of “Gréc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Gréc

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-
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