grampus

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcrassus“fat”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromcraspicis
3. Old French · derived fromgraspois
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgrampais
5. Middle English · inherited from*grampas
6. English todaygrampus

From Middle English *grampas, grappays, grapas, graspeys, from Anglo-Norman grampais, Old French graspois, craspois (“whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal”), from Medieval Latin craspicis (literally “fat fish”), from Latin crassus (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).

Words from the same roots