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Where does “crémaillère” come from?

crémaillère (English) comes from French crémaillère, from Latin cramaculus, from Latin cremasculus, from English cremaster, from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

crémaillère (English): An indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment...

Definitions

  1. An indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment...

Ancestry of “crémaillère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcrémaillèretrammel; rack, rack-and-pinion; crémaillère
2Latincramaculus—
3Latincremasculus—
4EnglishcremasterA thin muscle attached to the testicles; In the...
5Ancient Greekκρεμαστήρcremaster; stalk by which a grape-cluster hangs
6Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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