| 【gray, grey】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "græg." It carries the basic meaning of "gray." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "gray, grey"]
gray ***[722] a color that is between black and white; a color that is like the color of smoke
grey ***[3276] You use grey to describe the colour of people''s hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.
[WORD ROOT]root gray
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] gray, grey
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) græg
[MEANING]root gray
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 græg [from Proto-Germanic *grewa-] gray
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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gray ★★★[722] noun from gray
【DEFINITION】 ① a color that is between black and white; a color that is like the color of smoke
② something (such as an animal) that is gray
【pl.】 grays
【ROOTs】 gray; gray
【Etymology】 《Old English græg》 [from Proto-Germanic *grewa-] gray
grey ★★★[3276] adjective from grey 〈 gray
【DEFINITION】 You use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; grey < greyer < greyest
【ROOTs】 ⑴ grey(gray); gray ⑵ gray;
【Etymology】 《Old English græg》 [from Proto-Germanic *grewa-] gray
【First Known Meaning】 of a color between white and black; having little or no color or luminosity
【DERIVATIVEs】 grayish, grayly, grayness, greyish, greyly, greyness, grey
[Other words containing "gray, grey"];
greyscale a range of grey shades from white to black, as used in a monochrome display or printout
[Others]: graybeard, graybearded, graying, grayish, grayly, grayness, Greyhound, greying, greyish, greyly, greynaissance, greyness
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
grav-
grat-, grace
graph-
grand-
gram
govern-, gubern-
good
gold
god
go
