Etymology

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Today it means: To remove grease from something. Full definition →

English grease ← Middle English grece ← Anglo-Norman grece
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latincrassus
  8. Vulgar Latin*crassia
  9. Anglo-Normangrece
  10. Middle Englishgrece
  11. Englishgrease
  12. English todaydegrease

From de- + grease.

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