greenish
The origin and history of greenish.
Etymology
The word comes from Middle English forms such as grenisch and grenysch, built by adding the suffix -ish to green. The suffix softens the colour term to mean partly or somewhat that colour.
The origin and history of greenish.
The word comes from Middle English forms such as grenisch and grenysch, built by adding the suffix -ish to green. The suffix softens the colour term to mean partly or somewhat that colour.
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