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English word grass comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-, and later Proto-Germanic *grōaną ((plant) to grow. To green.)
*ǵʰorn- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʰreh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
to grow
*grōaną (Proto-Germanic)
(plant) to grow. To green.
*grōniz (Proto-Germanic)
Green.
*grasą (Proto-Germanic)
Grass.
græs (Old English)
Grass.
gres (Middle English)
grass (English)
(transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.. (transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.. (transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.. (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).. (transitive, or, intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities. (countable) Various [...]