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Where does “grez” come from?

grez (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian greggio, from Vulgar Latin gregius, from Latin grex, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

grez (Serbo-Croatian): rough, coarse; crude

Definitions

  1. rough, coarse; crude

Ancestry of “grez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangreggioraw, unrefined; crude; rough, uncut
2Vulgar Latingregius—
3LatingrexA group of smaller animals: a flock , a pack , a...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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