The story
- Latin · derived fromcrassus“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”
- Old French · derived fromcras
- Middle English · inherited fromcras
- English todaycrass
From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.
Words from the same roots
Latincrassus all →
greaseCrassusgrampuscrassamentumcreesh
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.