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Where does “grassily” come from?

grassily (English) comes from English grassy, from Middle English grasy, from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grassily (English): In a grassy way

Definitions

  1. In a grassy way

Ancestry of “grassily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrassyCovered with grass; Resembling grass
2Middle Englishgrasygrassy
3Middle EnglishgrasA grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;...
4Old Englishgræsgrass
5Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
6Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
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