Morpheme
Gypsy
Type
free base
Denotation
offensive and derogatory slur for Romani people
Etymology
Middle English Gypcian, Gyptian, from Egyptian, Egypcyan, from Egipt; Middle French Egypte; Latin Aegyptus; Ancient Greek Aíguptos; Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
Evidence
antigypsy, gypsied, Gypsies, gypsies, Gypsy, gypsy, gypsycraft, gypsydom, gypsying, gypsyish, gypsyism, gypsylike, gypsyweed, gypsywort, nongypsy
Notes
also spelled Gipsy
