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- Yiddish · borrowed fromגריןשפּאַן
- English todayGreenspan
Borrowed from Yiddish גריןשפּאַן (grinshpan) Literally, “green branch, green bridle”, referring to Spanish green, copper acetate (“copper(II) acetate”)
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.