Etymology

ungrease

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

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

  1. Englishun-
  2. Vulgar Latin*crassia
  3. Anglo-Normangrece
  4. Middle Englishgrece
  5. Englishgrease
  6. English todayungrease

From un- + grease.

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