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Where does “craggy” come from?

Craggy comes from English crag with the suffix -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

craggy (English): Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse...

Definitions

  1. Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse...

Ancestry of “craggy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcragA rocky outcrop; a rugged steep rock or cliff; A...
2EnglishcrawThe stomach of an animal; The crop of a bird; To...
3GermanGraugrey
4Middle High Germangrā—
5Old High Germangrāo—
6Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “craggy”

  • cragginess
  • craggily
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