Etymograph

English

Green

Green comes from German Grün ‘green (color)’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGrün‘green (color)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015Green

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGrün‘green (color)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015Green

Earliest quotation: 2015, Gareth Cook, The Singular Mind of Terry Tao: “When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they…”

The story

English surname, a topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such as German Grün and Gruen, Dutch Groen, Irish Ó hUainí (from uaine, see Honan), etc. The Irish surname was also erroneously translated from Ó Fathaidh, Ó Fathaigh, from faithche (‘lawn’).

Every English word from German Grün

Today it means

name A common English surname from Middle English.

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

Etymograph / German Grün / Green

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