English

graycoat

From gray + coat, because of the gray uniforms.

A compound of gray + coat

Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *grāg

Old English grǣġ ‘grey’

Middle English gray

English gray

Proto-Germanic *kuttô ‘cowl, woolen cloth, coat’

Latin cotta ‘undercoat, tunic’

Old French cote ‘outer garment with sleeves’

Middle English cote ‘coat’

English coat

Today it means

noun A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War.

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

Etymograph / graycoat