Where does “nongrassy” come from?
nongrassy (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.
nongrassy (English): Not grassy
Ancestry of “nongrassy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | grassy | Covered with grass; Resembling grass |
| 2 | Middle English | grasy | grassy |
| 3 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 4 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |