English
griot
Griot comes from French griot.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgriot
- Englishearliest quotation 1995same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgriot
- Englishearliest quotation 1995same form
Earliest quotation: 1995, Françoise Pfaff, Sembene, A Griot of Modern Times: “Griots may be the chroniclers of an important family…”
Every English word from French griot
Another origin of griot
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgriot
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French griot / griot