Where does “Croft” come from?
Croft (English) comes from English carafe, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, from Spanish garrafa, from Arabic غُرْفَة, from Arabic غَرَفَ — to ladle.
Croft (English): from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft
Definitions
- from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft
Ancestry of “Croft”, step by step
Croft traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English carafe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carafe | A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip,... |
| 2 | French | carafe | carafe |
| 3 | Italian | caraffa | carafe; decanter; pitcher |
| 4 | Spanish | garrafa | carafe |
| 5 | Arabic | غُرْفَة | cup or dipper |
| 6 | Arabic | غَرَفَ | to ladle |
via Old English cræft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |