grimace

Meaning

Concepts

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁi.mas/

Inherited from Middle French

Inherited from Old French

Cognate with Middle Dutch

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with Old Norse

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.