grime
English
/ɡɹaɪm/
noun
Definitions
- Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
- (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grim (dirt soot covering the face) inherited from Old English grīma (mask, spectre, apparition, helmet, visor) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (mask, helmet) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (rub).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰrey-
Gloss
rub
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
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Action/Process
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Cognates and derived terms
- begrime English
- degrime English
- grim English
- grimeless English
- grimily English
- griminess English
- grimy English
- Χριστιανός Ancient Greek
- χρίω Ancient Greek
- χρῖσμα Ancient Greek
- *gʰrey- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰrēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰor-mós Proto-Indo-European
- *grīmô Proto-Germanic
- grim Old English
- grīma Old English
- heregrima Old English
- घृ Sanskrit
- घृत Sanskrit
- grim Middle English
- grimmr Old Norse
- grim Danish
- पिघलना Hindi
- grima Galician
- *grīmō gmw-pro
- grīma Old Swedish
- *grīma Frankish
- *grīma, *grima Frankish