grifo
Related to Spanish grifa.
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American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft (“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, one's occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgrig
The word is often used in the phrase "merry as a grig". The word is of uncertain origin, though various theories have been suggested, such as a corruption of "merry as a cricket" or "merry as a Greek", as in William Shak
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsgrike
Unknown
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrilf
Deliberate error for girlf as an abbreviation of girlfriend.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrill
1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to
4 source sections · 21 relationship mentionsgrim
From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”).
2 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsgrime
From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Likely influenced by dialectal Dutc
1 source section · 13 relationship mentionsgrimy
Etymology tree English grime Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grimy From grime + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgrin
From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsgrind
From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”),
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionsgriot
Borrowed from French griot.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordgrip
Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related
2 source sections · 16 relationship mentionsgripe
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen,
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionsgript
grip + -t
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrise
Properly the plural of gree (“a step”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrism
Blend of grating + prism.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgrist
From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-G
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsgrisy
From grise + -y.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrit
With early modern vowel shortening, from Middle English grete, griet, from Old English grēot, from Proto-West Germanic *greut, from Proto-Germanic *greutą. Compare grist.
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsgrith
From Middle English grith, griþ, from Late Old English griþ, from Old Norse grið (“domicile, home”), in the plural with a meaning "truce, peace; sanctuary, asylum". The English word is attested from the early 11th centur
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgrito
Etymology tree Latin quirītō Latin cirito? Proto-West Germanic *krītanbor.? Vulgar Latin *crītāre Spanish gritardeverb. Spanish gritobor. English grito Borrowed from Spanish grito.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgrits
See grit (Etymology 2, “hulled oats”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrizz
Clipping of grizzly.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgro
Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgroak
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongroan
From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsgroat
From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.
2 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsgrob
Inherited from Middle English grobben, variant of grubben. More at grub.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrody
From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro. Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgrog
An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down. Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc,
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsgroid
Clipping of negroid.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgroin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *grunduz Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-Germanic *-ją Proto-Ge
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgrok
Coined ex nihilo by American author and engineer Robert A. Heinlein in 1961 in his novel Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein invented the word for his fictitious Martian language. It is described as meaning "to drink" a
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgroke
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrom
Shortened from grommet.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgroma
Learned borrowing from Latin grōma, from Ancient Greek γνῶμᾰ (gnômă)
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgronk
Imitative.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrook
From Danish gruk, coined by the Danish poet Piet Hein.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrool
Blend of girl + drool.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgroom
1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man,
2 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsgroop
From Middle English grope, grupe, groupe, from Old English grōp (“ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōpu, from Proto-Germanic *grōpō (“furrow, ditch, trench”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreb-, *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, furro
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsgrope
From Middle English gropien, from Old English grāpian, related to grīpan (whence English gripe); compare also grip.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgropy
From grope + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgross
From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgrosz
Unadapted borrowing from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrot
From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgroty
Clipping of grotesque + -y; see grody, grotty for more.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgroud
From Russian груда (gruda, “pile, heap”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgroup
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group From French groupe (“cluster,
2 source sections · 20 relationship mentionsgrout
From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthe
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsgrove
From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Re
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsgrovy
From grove + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrow
From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to
1 source section · 11 relationship mentionsgrowk
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrowl
From Middle English groulen, grollen, gurlen (“of the bowels: to growl, rumble”), either possibly from Old French groler (variant of croler (“to be agitated, shake”)), grouler, grouller (“to growl, grumble”), from Franki
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionsgrown
From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrr
Onomatopoeic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrrrl
Blend of grrr + girl. From the 1990s riot grrrl movement.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgrub
From Middle English grubben, grobben, from Old English *grubbian, from Proto-West Germanic *grubb-, from Proto-Germanic *grubb- (compare Middle Dutch grobben (“to scrape, scramble, grab”), Old High German grubilōn (“to d
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionsgrue
From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (compare Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰe
4 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsgruel
From Middle English gruel, gruwel, greuel, growel (“meal or flour made from beans, lentils, etc.”), from Old French gruel (“coarse meal; > French gruau”), from Medieval Latin grutellum, diminutive of Medieval Latin grutu
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgruey
Clipping of gruesome + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgruff
16th century, from Dutch grof and/or Middle Low German grof (both “rough, coarse, rude”), from Old Dutch *grof or Old Saxon *grof, both from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse, rough”), possi
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsgruit
Borrowed from Dutch gruit. Doublet of grit.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgrum
From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsgrume
From Latin grumus (“little heap”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrump
Uncertain. Possibly altered from grum, see there for more.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgrunt
From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Pr
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsgrush
Borrowed from Hebrew גְּרוּשׁ (grúsh). Doublet of groschen, grosz, kurus, and qursh.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgry
From Middle English gryen (“to shudder, shake, or convulse”). Compare grue.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgrype
From Middle English gripe, from Old French gripe, from Latin gryps, grȳphus, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgrá
Borrowed from Irish grá.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgt
Abbreviation of Latin gutta (“drop”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgtt
Borrowed from Latin gutta, abbreviated.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguaco
From Spanish guaco, from a Native American language.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguaje
Borrowed from Spanish guaje, from Classical Nahuatl huāxin.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsguama
From Hokkien 外媽 /外妈 (gōa-má, “maternal grandmother”). Compare Tagalog guwama.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsguan
From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguan-
From guanidine.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguana
By aphesis.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguano
Etymology tree Quechua wanubor. Spanish guanobor. English guano Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsguar
From Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cuc
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsguara
From Brazilian Portuguese guará, from Paraguayan Guarani aguara guasu (“large fox”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsguard
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Lat
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsguava
Etymology tree Taíno *wayababor. Spanish guayababor. English guava Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsguazu
From Paraguayan Guarani guazú (“great, big” or “deer”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgub
Variant of gob.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguck
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns Proto-Germanic *gans Old English gōs Middle English gos English goose Proto-Germanic *dūkaną Proto-West Germanic *dūkan Old English dū̆ce Middle English doke English duck blend
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentiongucky
Etymology tree English guck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gucky From guck + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsguddy
Borrowed from Hindi गद्दी (gaddī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgudge
From Hindi गज (gaj). Doublet of guz/gaz.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgudok
From Russian/Ukrainian гудок.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgue
Uncertain, perhaps from Old Norse gígja. If so, doublet of gigue.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguess
From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to gu
1 source section · 19 relationship mentionsguest
From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has
2 source sections · 30 relationship mentionsguff
Onomatopoeic. Compare Norwegian gufs (“puff of wind”), guffa (“to blow softly”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguga
From Scottish Gaelic guga.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgugel
From German Kogel.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgugu
See goo-goo.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguhr
From German Guhr, older spelling of Gur.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguhrl
Eye dialect spelling of girl.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguide
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *wéydeti Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidar Old Occitan guidabor. Old French guidebor. Middle English gui
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsguido
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-We
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsguige
In early uses, inherited from Middle English gige, and in more recent times re-borrowed from (or respelled according to) that word's source, Old French guige.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsguild
From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsguile
From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”), from Frankish *wīl (“ruse”), from Proto-Germanic *wīlą, from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsguilt
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gulti? Old English gylt Middle English gilt English guilt From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Possibly relat
3 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsguiro
Etymology tree Taínobor. Spanish güirobor. English guiro Borrowed from Spanish güiro.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguise
From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *we
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsguk
Borrowed from Korean 국 (guk, “soup”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgukja
From Korean 국자(國字) (gukja). Doublet of kokuji.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgul
From Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgula
Learned borrowing from Latin gula (“throat, gullet”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgulag
Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG), the acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps”), the gov
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongulai
Borrowed from Malay gulai.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgulal
Borrowed from Hindi गुलाल (gulāl).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgular
From gula (“upper throat”) + -ar (suffix forming adjectives). Gula is derived from Latin gula (“gullet, throat; palate”).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsgulch
From earlier gulsh (“sink in, gush out”), from Middle English gulchen (“to gulp, spew”), probably from the source of gulp. Likely not related to gully (“ravine formed by water”) despite the similarities.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongules
From Middle English goules, from Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules, Portuguese goelas and Spanish gules.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsgulf
From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp-
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsgulfy
From gulf + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgull
Inherited from Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language (compare Breton gouelan, Welsh gwylan, and Cornish golan), from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *weilannā (“seagull”). Cognate with Old Irish fo
3 source sections · 21 relationship mentionsgully
Origin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”). Shift in meaning in Middle English to "water channel, ravine" may have been inf
3 source sections · 9 relationship mentionsgulp
From Middle English gulpen, probably from West Flemish or Middle Dutch gulpen, golpen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps of imitative origin, or related to Dutch galpen (“to roar, squeal”), English galp, gaup (“to gape”). Rel
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsgulpy
From gulp + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgulti
Borrowed from Tamil குல்தி (kulti), reverse of தெலுகு (teluku).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgum
From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, y
3 source sections · 34 relationship mentionsgumbo
Etymology tree Kimbundu ingomboder. French gombobor. ▲ French gombo Louisiana Creole gombobor. English gumbo Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kin
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgumma
Borrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), a late form of cummis, cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), of Egyptian origin. Doublet of gum (Etymology 2).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgummi
From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgummy
Etymology tree English gum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gummy From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsgump
Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgumph
Unknown.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgun
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hild
4 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsguna
From Sanskrit गुण (guṇá, “quality”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgunda
From Hindi गुंडा (guṇḍā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgunge
See gong.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgungy
Etymology tree Hindi गंज (gañj)bor. English gunge Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gungy From gunge + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgunia
Etymology tree Dravidiander.? Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī) Hindi गनी (ganī)bor. Urdu گنیbor. Iranian Persian گونی (guni)bor. Omani Arabic جونية (gūniyya)bor. Swahili guniabor. English gunia Borrowed from Swahili gunia. Doublet o
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongunja
Source etymology material for gunja; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgunk
Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgunky
Etymology tree English gunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gunky From gunk + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgunny
From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgunt
Blend of g(ut) + (c)unt.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgup
Borrowed from Hindi गप (gap, “gossip; idle talk”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguppy
From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsguqin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古琴 (gǔqín), made up of 古 (gǔ, “ancient”) and 琴 (qín, “stringed instrument”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongurdy
Possibly from hurdy-gurdy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgurge
See gorge.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgurk
Onomatopoeic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgurl
Variant spelling of girl.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgurly
From gurl (“to growl or snarl”) + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgurn
Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguro
Reborrowed from Japanese グロ (guro), from English grotesque.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgurp
Possibly a blend of gulp + slurp.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgurry
From Hindi गढ़ी (gaṛhī, “fort”).
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgurt
Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. Cf. Middle English gout, got (“watercourse, ditch, sluice”)
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordguru
Borrowed from Hindi गुरु (guru) / Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ (gurū), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve and, more distantly, brute. Doublet of grave. A t
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgusan
Etymology tree Parthian 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗 (gōsān)bor. Old Armenian գուսան (gusan)lbor. Armenian գուսան (gusan)lbor. English gusan Learned borrowing from Armenian գուսան (gusan), a learned borrowing from Old Armenian գուսան (gus
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgush
From Middle English guschen, gusshen, gosshien, perhaps from Middle Dutch guysen (“to flow out with a gurgling sound, gush”) or Old Norse gusa (“to gush”), ultimately imitative. Compare Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), Germa
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsgushy
Etymology tree English gush Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gushy From gush + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgusla
See gusle.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgusle
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle /гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgusli
Borrowed from Russian гу́сли (gúsli).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgussy
First use appears c. 1952, apparently from Gussy (an adjective), schoolyard slang for “overly dressed” (1940); perhaps related to gussie (“an effeminate man”) (1901) and somehow connected to Gussie, the nickname for Augu
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgust
Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Ol
3 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsgusto
Borrowed from Italian gusto, from Latin gustus (“taste”). Doublet of cost (see Etymology 3 there).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgusty
Etymology tree English gust Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gusty From gust + -y.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentiongut
From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsgutka
Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *koṭṭayder.? Sanskrit गृ (gṛ)der.? Prakrit *𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*gŏṭṭa)? Sanskrit गुटिका (guṭikā)bor.? Hindi गुटका (guṭkā)bor. English gutka Borrowed from Hindi गुटका (guṭkā).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgutsy
Etymology tree English guts Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gutsy From guts + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgutta
From Middle English gutta, from Latin gutta. Doublet of gout and goutte.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgutty
From goutte + -y, or anglicization of (Old or Middle French) goutté, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”) (also the ultimate source of English goutte and French goutte). Compare guttated.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsguv
Alternative phonetic spelling of gov, short for governor.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguy
Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, which also came to refer to effigies of his image burned annually on Guy Fawkes Night.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsguyed
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-We
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsguyot
Coined by Harry Hammond Hess circa 1965 due to their similar appearance to Guyot Hall, the flat-topped geology building at Princeton University, which was in turn named after Swiss-American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsguys
Source etymology material for guys; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordguz
From Hindi गज़ (gaz) and Urdu گز (gaz), from Classical Persian گز (gaz). Doublet of gudge.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsguze
Uncertain. Attested since at least 1562. According to "A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry" by James Parker (published in 1894) it comes from Turkish göz, meaning “eye”.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionguzzy
From the genus name,
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgvir
Borrowed from Yiddish גבֿיר (gvir, gevir), from Hebrew גְּבִיר (gvir).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgwaai
Borrowed from Afrikaans.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgwall
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Celtic *gabyeti Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ-der. Proto-Celtic *kageti Proto-Celtic *-lā Proto-Celtic *kaglā blend Proto-Celtic *gabaglā Old Irish gabálder. Irish gabháilde
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgwan
From various English dialects, notably Gullah.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsgweep
Purportedly coined by hackers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in 1977 and still in use through 1991. However, this entry did not appear in the Jargon File until the 1993 version 3.0.0, an edition which promp
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgwerz
Borrowed from Breton gwerz.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgwine
Phonetic rendition of going; compare Gullah gwine. This particular form apparently results from the vocalic sequence in going (Early Modern English /ˈɡoː.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡoː.ɪn/) coalescing into a diphthong that was identified wi
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongwop
Uncertain. May be a dialectal pronunciation of Spanish guapo used as a noun, thus being a doublet of wop. The attestation of the aforementioned term in English as guapo in the same sense may likely be a secondary interpr
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgyal
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole gyal (“girl”), from English girl.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgyani
Borrowed from Hindi ज्ञानी (jñānī), from Sanskrit ज्ञानी (jñānī). Distantly related to know.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgyaru
From Japanese ギャル (gyaru), from English gal, from English girl.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgyatt
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God English gya
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgybe
Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa. The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”).
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsgyle
From Dutch gijl, from gijlen (“to ferment”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgyne
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”). Doublet of quean and queen.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsgynee
Borrowed from Hindustani گَینِی (gainī) - गैनी (gainī).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgynie
From gynaecologist or gynaecology + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgyno-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyno- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman, female”).
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