craisse

== Old French == === Alternative forms === craesse, craise, crase, crasse, crese, creisse, cresse graise, grase, grecce, grece, greece, grees, greesce, greische, greise, greisse, gres, gresce, grese, gresse === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *crassia. === Noun === craisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural craisses, nominative singular craisse, nominative plural craisses) fat ==== Descendants ==== French: graisse Norman: graisse → Middle English: grece, grees, grese, greez, gres, gresseEnglish: greaseScots: gree (a back-formation) → Middle English: English: creesh Scots: creish === References === “craisse”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. gresse on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub