grimace

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sinonimi

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡʁi.mas/

Ereditato da francese medio

Ereditato da francese antico

Affine olandese medio

Affine Old Saxon

Affine inglese antico

Affine norse antico

In summary

Inherited from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche (“a contorted or wry face, grotesque countenance”), from grime (“mask”) + -ace (pejorative suffix; from Latin -āceus), from Old Frankish *grīma, *grīmo (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet, cover, night”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to strip, paint, smear”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grime (“mask”), Old Saxon grīma (“mask”), Old English grīma (“mask”), Old Norse gríma (“mask, helmet, night”). More at grime.