Etymology

greffier

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Today it means: A registrar or recorder; a notary. Full definition →

French greffier ← Late Latin grafārius
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromgrafārius
  2. French · borrowed fromgreffier
  3. English todaygreffier

From French greffier, from Late Latin grafārius, graphiārius.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.