{"era":"current","word":"greasy","meaning":"covered with grease; oily","children":[{"era":"1500s","word":"grease + -y","meaning":"made from grease; having the quality of grease","children":[{"era":"c. 1300","word":"grease","meaning":"animal fat, grease","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"gresse / grece","meaning":"grease, fat","children":[{"era":"late Latin","word":"*crassia","meaning":"melted animal fat; grease","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"crassus","meaning":"thick; fat","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Vulgar Latin"}],"language":"Old French / Anglo-French"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Middle English / English"}],"language":"Modern English"}