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Etymology of the English word greaseball

the English word greaseball
derived from the English word grease
derived from the Old French word craisse
derived from the Classical Latin word crassus (fat, stout; rude; thick, deep; thick coated)
derived from the Anglo-Norman word grece
derived from the Vulgar Latin root *crassia
derived from the Classical Latin word crassus (fat, stout; rude; thick, deep; thick coated)
derived from the English word ball
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *balluz
derived from the English root *beall
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhel-

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Word found in Modern English



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