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Where does “Crispus” come from?

Crispus is an English proper name derived from Latin Crispus, meaning curly-haired.

Ancestry of “Crispus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCrispuscurly; hair
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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