Last name: GRIST
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GRIST : This last name is indexed 22,000 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GRIST : English (southern): apparently from the Middle English abstract noun grist ‘grinding’ Old English grist a derivative of grindan (see Grinder) so possibly a metonymic occupational name for a miller. The word was not used in the concrete sense of grain to be ground until the 15th century.
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