English

gray hat

Gray hat comes from English grey ‘gray’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words gray + hat

Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *grāg

Old English grǣġ ‘grey’

Middle English gray

English gray

Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’

Proto-West Germanic *hattu ‘hat’

Old English hætt

Middle English hat ‘a hat or cap’

English hat

Every English word from English grey

noun A morally ambiguous character; an antihero.

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