Where does “grasa” come from?
grasa (Tagalog) comes from Spanish grasa, from Vulgar Latin grassa, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
grasa (Tagalog): grease
Definitions
- grease
Ancestry of “grasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | grasa | feminine singular of graso; fat or grease used in... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | grassa | — |
| 3 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |