The story
- Old French · derived fromgris“gray”
- English todaygrison
From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Grisons.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
grison
Today it means: A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel. Full definition →
Old French gris