Where does “grasy” come from?
grasy (Middle English) comes 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.
grasy (Middle English): grassy
Ancestry of “grasy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 2 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |
Words derived from “grasy”