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Where does “crafts” come from?

Crafts derives from Middle English craft, Old English cræft, Proto-West Germanic kraftu, and Proto-Germanic kraftuz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tus.

crafts (English): plural of craft; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of craft; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “crafts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcraftStrength; power; might; force; Intellectual...
2Germankrafton the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,...
3Middle High Germankraft—
4Old High Germankraft—
5Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
6Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “crafts”

  • craftsy
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