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Where does “trass” come from?

trass (Middle English) comes from Old Norse tros — rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs; brittle branch.

Ancestry of “trass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetrosrubbish, fallen leaves and twigs; brittle branch

Words derived from “trass”

  • trash
  • trashy
  • Eurotrash
  • trashiness
  • trasher
  • trashman
  • trashily
  • trashery
  • untrashy
  • cybertrash
  • trashify
  • trashscape
  • infotrash
  • betrash
  • microtrash
  • trashsport
  • trashlike
  • треш
  • Trash
  • treš
  • треш
  • trasch
  • trassh
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