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Where does “crass” come from?

Crass comes from Middle English craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus, meaning thick or dense, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kert-.

crass (English): coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking...

Definitions

  1. coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking...

Ancestry of “crass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcras—
2Old Frenchcrasfat
3Latincrassusdense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;...
4Old Latincartsus—
5Proto-Italickartsus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥t-sú-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “crass”

  • crassly
  • crassness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →