English
Greekish
Greekish comes from Old English Grēcisc ‘Greek’, and goes back to Grēcas.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Grēcas‘the Greeks’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Grēcisc‘Greek’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grekissh
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1602Greekish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Grēcas‘the Greeks’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Grēcisc‘Greek’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grekissh
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1602Greekish
Earliest quotation: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida: “Thou shouldst not bear from me a Greekish member.”
Equivalent to Greek + -ish
Ancient Greek Ἕλλην ‘Hellenes’
Ancient Greek Γραικός
Latin Graecus ‘Greek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek…’
Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō
Old English Grēcas ‘Greeks’
English Greek
Every English word from Old English Grēcas
Today it means
adj Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Grēcas / Greekish