Where does “Gras” come from?

Gras (English) comes from French gras, from Old French cras, 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- — to travel, tour.

Ancestry of “Gras”, step by step

Gras traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French gras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrasfat; bold
2Old Frenchcrasfat
3Latincrassusdense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;...
4Old Latincartsus
5Proto-Italickartsus
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥t-sú-s
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via German gras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrassingular imperative of grasen; first-person...
2Middle High Germangras
3Old High Germangrasgrass
4Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
5Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Catalan gras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalangrasfat; fatty
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s
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