grec

Meaning

Noun

1. the Greek language
2. the Greek language
3. (slang) Ellipsis of sandwich grec; kebab sandwich

Adj

Greek

Concepts

Greek

Hellenic

greek

Grecian

Modern Greek

𐐘𐑉𐐨𐐿

Hellenic language

Hellene

hellenic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁɛk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
This learned form supplanted the older grégeois (now only in feu grégeois), from Old French grezois, derived from inherited Old French gri(e)u with the ending -ois, or possibly stemming from a Vulgar Latin *graeciscus.
The feminine form in -cque is a remnant of an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived after -e- (compare Mecque), possibly in order to avoid the grave accent (*grèque).