Etymology of the English word greaseball
the English word
greaseballderived from the English word
greasederived from the Old French word
craissederived from the Classical Latin word
crassus (fat, stout; rude; thick, deep; thick coated)
derived from the Anglo-Norman word
grecederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*crassiaderived from the Classical Latin word
crassus (fat, stout; rude; thick, deep; thick coated)
derived from the English word
ballderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balluzderived from the English root
*beallderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-Usage
Word found in Modern English