gipsy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 222 words | Copyright

gipsy, gypsy member of a nomadic race, called by themselves Romany, of Hindu origin, in XVI supposed to have come from Egypt. XVI. Earlier forms †gipcyan, †gipsen, -son, aphetic of Egyptian (in the same use).

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