Etymology

Greekish

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Today it means: Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people. Full definition →

Middle English grekissh ← Old English Grēcisc
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromGrēcisc
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgrekissh
  3. English todayGreekish

From Middle English grekissh, from Old English Grēcisc, from Grēcas (“the Greeks”) + -isc (“-ish”). By surface analysis, Greek + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Greekesque.

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