Etymograph

English

Greeky

From Greek + -y.

Formed from Greek + -y

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

Today it means

adj Somewhat Greek; Greekish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Greeky