Where does “graisser” come from?
graisser (French) comes from French graisse, 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- — to travel, tour.
graisser (French): to grease, oil, lubricate; to smear
Definitions
- to grease, oil, lubricate; to smear
Ancestry of “graisser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | graisse | grease; fat; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | craisse | fat |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | crassia | — |
| 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 |