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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.

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