Where does “sudangrass” come from?
sudangrass (English) comes from English grass, 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.
sudangrass (English): A tropical grass, any of several varieties of...
Definitions
- A tropical grass, any of several varieties of...
Ancestry of “sudangrass”, step by step
sudangrass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grass | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by... |
| 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 |
via English Sudan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sudan | A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa |
| 2 | Arabic | سُودَان | black people |
| 3 | Arabic | السُّودَان | — |