Where does “criscut” come from?
criscut (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian crescu, from Latin cresco, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
criscut (Aromanian): grown, grown-up
Ancestry of “criscut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aromanian | crescu | I grow |
| 2 | Latin | cresco | I increase, rise, grow, thrive; multiply,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |