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Where does “graisse” come from?

graisse (French) comes from Old French craisse, from Vulgar Latin crassia, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.

graisse (French): grease; fat; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. grease; fat; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “graisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcraisse—
2Vulgar Latincrassia—
3Latincrassusdense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;...
4Old Latincartsus—
5Proto-Italickartsus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥t-sú-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “graisse”

  • graisser
  • graissage
  • graisseux
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