Etymology

grasser

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Today it means: A grass; an informer. Full definition →

English grass ← Middle English gras ← Old English græs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*grasą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*gras
  4. Old Englishgræs
  5. Middle Englishgras
  6. Englishgrass
  7. English todaygrasser

From grass + -er.

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