Where does “gresare” come from?
gresare (Romanian) comes from Romanian gresa, from French graisser, from French graisse, from Old French craisse, from Vulgar Latin crassia, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus — to travel, tour.
gresare (Romanian): greasing
Definitions
- greasing
Ancestry of “gresare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gresa | to grease, to lubricate |
| 2 | French | graisser | to grease, oil, lubricate; to smear |
| 3 | French | graisse | grease; fat; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Old French | craisse | fat |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | crassia | — |
| 6 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |