Etymology

pregrease

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Today it means: To grease something prior to use or assembly Full definition →

English grease ← Middle English grece ← Anglo-Norman grece
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Vulgar Latin*crassia
  10. Anglo-Normangrece
  11. Middle Englishgrece
  12. Englishgrease
  13. English todaypregrease

From pre- + grease.

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