Meaning
Synonyms
turned gray
turned grey
grey-headed
ash-gray
ash-colored
gray-headed
ash-coloured
ash-colour
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɹeɪ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).
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