English
grivet
Grivet comes from French grivet.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrivet
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrivet
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from French grivet
Today it means
noun An Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French grivet / grivet