Where does “engraissement” come from?
engraissement (French) comes from French engraisser, from Latin ingrassiāre, from Latin incrassiare, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert- — to travel, tour.
engraissement (French): fattening
Definitions
- fattening
Ancestry of “engraissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | engraisser | to fatten |
| 2 | Latin | ingrassiāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | incrassiare | — |
| 4 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |