Etymology

grass-green

Today it means: A bright green color, like that of grass. Full definition →

Middle English grasgrene ← Old English græsgrēne ← Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*grasagrōniz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*grasagrōnī
  3. Old English · inherited fromgræsgrēne
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgrasgrene
  5. English todaygrass-green

From Middle English grasgrene, from Old English græsgrēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + green.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*grasagrōnī all →

grassy

Proto-Germanic*grasagrōniz all →

grassy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.