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Where does “agringar” come from?

agringar (Spanish) comes from Spanish gringo, from Spanish griego, from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός, from Ancient Greek γραῖα, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

agringar (Spanish): to assimilate into gringo culture, to...

Definitions

  1. to assimilate into gringo culture, to...

Ancestry of “agringar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgringoa foreigner whose native language is not Spanish;...
2SpanishgriegoGreek, Grecian; a Greek; anal sex
3LatinGraecusGreek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek...
4Ancient GreekΓραικόςGreek; a Graecian, a member of an ancient...
5Ancient Greekγραῖα—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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