Where does “grassy” come from?
Grassy comes from Middle English grasy, formed with the Middle English suffix -y (from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ium) attached to a root deriving from Proto-Indo-European gʰreH₁- meaning to grow or thrive.
grassy (English): Covered with grass; Resembling grass
Definitions
- Covered with grass; Resembling grass
Ancestry of “grassy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | grasy | grassy |
| 2 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 3 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |
Words derived from “grassy”