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Where does “ecraseren” come from?

ecraseren (Dutch) comes from French écraser, from Middle French ecraser, from Middle English crasen, from Old Norse krasa — to shatter.

ecraseren (Dutch): to obliterate, to crush, to destroy

Definitions

  1. to obliterate, to crush, to destroy

Ancestry of “ecraseren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécraserto squash; to obliterate; to mash , to crush
2Middle Frenchecraserto squash
3Middle EnglishcrasenTo break in pieces; to crack
4Old Norsekrasato shatter
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