French éminence grise

← French éminence (mention)

← French grise (mention)

← French (mention)

← French (mention)

← French gris (mention)

← Old French eminence (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (cognate)

← Latin ēminentia (inherited)

← Latin ēminēns (mention)

← Latin -ia (mention)

← Latin (mention)

← Latin ēmineō (mention)

← Latin ex- (mention)

← Latin *mineō (mention)

← Old Occitan gris (derived)

→ English éminence grise (borrowed)

→ English gray eminence (calque)

→ German graue Eminenz (calque)

→ Polish szara eminencja (borrowed)