English
grassation
Grassation comes from Latin grassātiō ‘rioting’, from grassor ‘to go or march on’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‘to walk, go’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-‘to walk, go’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior‘to step, walk, stride’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrassoras grassāri‘to go or march on’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrassātiō‘rioting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1623grassation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-‘to walk, go’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior‘to step, walk, stride’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrassoras grassāri‘to go or march on’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrassātiō‘rioting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1623grassation
Earliest quotation: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine: “If in Vice there be a perpetual Grassation, there…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‘to walk, go’
degree, progressive, graduate, progression, retrograde, gree, digression, gradation, 23 more
through Latin gradior ‘to step, walk, stride’
progress, congress, ingredient, aggression, gradient, aggressor, digress, regress, 24 more
Today it means
noun A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- / grassation