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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	ghri-
DEFINITION:	To rub. Oldest form hre₁i-,* with variant (metathesized) form hrei₁-, whence zero-grade hri₁-, contracted to hr- (becoming ghr- in centum languages). 1. grisly, from Old English grislc, terrifying, from Germanic gris-, to frighten (< “to grate on the mind”). 2. grime, from Middle English grime,* grime, from a source akin to Middle Dutch grme, grime, from Germanic grm-, smear. 3. Extended form ghrs-. chrism, Christ, christen, Christian; Christmas, cream, Kriss Kringle, from Greek khrein, to anoint. (Pokorny ghri- 457.)


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