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This is a list of common nouns, used in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. Several of these terms are derogatory or insulting.
The generic name Galictis joins two Greek words: galē (γαλῆ, "weasel") and iktis (ἴκτις, marten/weasel). [2] Compare the word Galidictis (a mongoose genus). The common name grison is from a French word for "gray", a variant of gris, also meaning "gray". [3] Locally, in Spanish, it is referred to as a huroncito (literally "little ...
-uccio, -uccia, similar to -ello/-ella, -etto/-etta and -ino/-ina, it is generally a loving, benign, courtesy, or affectionate diminutive suffix: tesoro→tesoruccio (literally "treasure," but used as an Italian term of endearment → little treasure), amore → amoruccio (Amore literally means "love", but it is often used to affectionately ...
However, some interoperations consider Griswold to mean "Gris" meaning "Grey" and "wold" meaning wood/forest. The surname Gris is a name of ancient French origin. It was a Breton name given to a person with gray hair. The name Gris is derived from the Old French word "gris," which means "gray," and was often given to someone with gray hair.
Gris Davies-Scourfield, (1918–2006), British Army officer and Colditz escapee; Gris Grimly, the pen name of Steven Soenksen (born 1975), American artist and storyteller; Le Gris, 18th-century chief of the Pepikokia band of the Miami tribe; Jacques Le Gris (c. 1330 –1386), French squire and knight; Jean Antoine Arthur Gris (1829–1872 ...
Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension .
The name verdigris comes from the Middle English vertegrez, from the Old French verte grez. According to one view, it comes from vert d'aigre, [12] "green [made by action] of vinegar". The modern French writing of this word is vert-de-gris ("green of grey"), sounding like the older name verdet gris ("grey greenish"), itself a deformation of ...
In medieval Spain alfalfa had a reputation as the best fodder for horses. The ancient Romans grew alfalfa but called it an entirely different name; history of alfalfa. The English name started in the far-west US in the mid-19th century from Spanish alfalfa. [31] [32] algebra الجبر al-jabr [ʔldʒbr] (listen ⓘ), completing, or restoring ...