English

goose grease

Compound of goose + grease.

A compound of goose + grease

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns

Proto-Germanic *gans

Proto-West Germanic *gans

Old English gōs

Middle English goos

English goose

Latin crassus ‘fat, thick’

Vulgar Latin *crassia ‘fat’

Anglo-Norman grece

Middle English grece

Today it means

noun Fat derived from geese.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / goose grease