Where does “grizonare” come from?
grizonare (Romanian) comes from Romanian grizona, from French grisonner, 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...
grizonare (Romanian): graying of the hair
Definitions
- graying of the hair
Ancestry of “grizonare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | grizona | to become gray |
| 2 | French | grisonner | to grey |
| 3 | French | grison | grey-haired man; ass, donkey; quite grey |
| 4 | French | -on | Forming diminutives of things, including some... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |