English
Grisons
Grisons comes from French gris ‘grey’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grīsaz‘grey’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*grīsreconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgris‘grey’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentGrisons
- Englishearliest quotation 1759same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grīsaz‘grey’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*grīsreconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgris‘grey’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentGrisons
- Englishearliest quotation 1759same form
Earliest quotation: 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History: “Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz
Today it means
name A canton of Switzerland (the French name)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *grīsaz / Grisons