Where does “greixar” come from?
greixar (Catalan) comes from Catalan greix, from Vulgar Latin crassia, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.
greixar (Catalan): to grease
Ancestry of “greixar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | greix | grease; fat |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | crassia | — |
| 3 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |