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
- coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking...
Ancestry of “crass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | cras | — |
| 2 | Old French | cras | fat |
| 3 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
Words derived from “crass”