Where does “acraze” come from?

acraze (English) comes from French acraser, from Middle French ecraser, from Middle English crasen, from Old Norse krasa — to shatter.

acraze (English): To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or...

Definitions

  1. To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or...

Ancestry of “acraze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchacraserto break, burst, craze, bruise, crush
2Middle Frenchecraserto squash
3Middle EnglishcrasenTo break in pieces; to crack
4Old Norsekrasato shatter
Every word from Old Norse krasa →Every word from Middle English crasen →Every word from Middle French ecraser →