Where does “grisão” come from?
grisão (Portuguese) comes from French grison, from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
grisão (Portuguese): someone from the Swiss canton of Graubünden;...
Definitions
- someone from the Swiss canton of Graubünden;...
Ancestry of “grisão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grison | grey-haired man; ass, donkey; quite grey |
| 2 | French | -on | Forming diminutives of things, including some... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |