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Origin of the word "Gringo"

Posted by David Dagoli Email User on April 24, 2011, 8:35 pm
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Before we left La Manz, we had a spirited discussion with someone about the origin of the word "gringo" in the Spanish language.

This word came over from Spain originally, although it is not used there anymore. Probably came from the word "griega", for greek.

Some people seem convinced the word comes from a bastardization of the english words "green-go" - but this is obivously not correct.

Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo

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Message Thread:

Origin of the word "Gringo" - David Dagoli April 24, 2011, 8:35 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - D April 24, 2011, 9:10 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - eileen April 25, 2011, 1:41 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - Ronald Goodspeed April 25, 2011, 2:40 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - esmitty April 26, 2011, 8:01 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - shane April 26, 2011, 9:15 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - Dave April 30, 2011, 4:41 am
Alternate term - Jo Anna April 30, 2011, 6:11 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - David Dagoli May 1, 2011, 12:12 am
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - rick May 1, 2011, 11:12 am
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - Judith Boel May 1, 2011, 9:14 pm
Google translation - D May 1, 2011, 9:57 pm
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - Ross May 1, 2011, 11:02 pm
Gringo - Google images - D May 1, 2011, 11:12 pm
Re: Gringo - Google images - helga May 1, 2011, 11:35 pm
Gringo - Gringa - D May 1, 2011, 11:47 pm
Re: Gringo - Gringa - Don Binkley May 2, 2011, 11:16 am
Re: Origin of the word "Gringo" - esmitty May 2, 2011, 12:14 am

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