Etymology

Greengrass

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English grēne
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  1. Old English · derived fromgrēne“green”
  2. English todayGreengrass

From Old English grēne (“green”) + græs (“grass”), probably a toponymic surname for a person living near a grassland.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgrēne all →

greenGreenleeGrinsteadGreenupGreenhalghGrindleyGreenlawGreenhamIngleby Greenhow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.