Where does “crâte” come from?

crâte (Champenois) comes from Old French creste, from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

crâte (Champenois): ridge

Definitions

  1. ridge

Ancestry of “crâte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcreste—
2Vulgar Latin*cresta—
3Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin crista →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cresta →
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