greffe

greffe is masculine in French.

court clerk's office, court registrar's office; court clerk, court registrar

Inherited from Old French groife, greife, from Latin graphium (“stylus”), later influenced by greffier (“clerk”).

greffe is feminine in French.

graft, scion; organ transplant, autoplasty; a piece of graft

Metaphorical use of Old French grefe, grafe (“stylus, pencil”), from the root of above.