griffon
Old French
noun
Definitions
- griffin legendary creature
- griffin person of Greek, Middle Eastern or Asian descent
Etymology
Affix from Old French grif derived from Latin gryps (griffon) derived from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grps).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γρύψ
Gloss
grps
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- griffin English
- *gripsa Latin
- gryphus Latin
- gryphus, gryps, grȳphus Latin
- gryps Latin
- grȳphus Latin
- Gryph German
- γρύψ Ancient Greek
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- gribb Norwegian Bokmål
- gryf Polish
- gribb Norwegian Nynorsk
- griffoun Middle English
- grif Old French
- grifo Old High German
- gríb Old Irish
- grip Middle Low German