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English word beige comes from Ancient Greek βύσσος
βύσσος (Ancient Greek)
byssus (Late Latin)
*bysseus (Vulgar Latin)
bege (Old French)
(dialectal) beige (French)
beige (English)
A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.. Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods. (informal) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.