Etymograph

English

regrease

From re- + grease.

Formed from re- + grease

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin crassus ‘fat, thick’

Vulgar Latin *crassia ‘fat’

Anglo-Norman grece

Middle English grece

English grease

Today it means

verb To grease again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “regrease”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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