Etymology

grysbok

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Today it means: A small antelope of genus Raphicerus from South Africa. Full definition →

Afrikaans grysbok ← Dutch grijsbok
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromgrijsbok
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromgrysbok
  3. English todaygrysbok

From Afrikaans grysbok, from Dutch grijsbok, from grijs (“gray”) + bok (“buck, billy goat”).

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