English

greasyback

greasy + back

A compound of greasy + back

Middle English gresi

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun Synonym of greentail (“prawn of species Metapenaeus bennettae”).

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

Etymograph / greasyback