Where does “craven” come from?
Craven comes from Middle English craven, from Old English crafian, from Old French cravanter, from Latin crepo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-.
craven (English): Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of...
Definitions
- Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of...
Ancestry of “craven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | craven | Defeated; desire; crave |
| 2 | Old English | crafian | to crave; to ask, implore; to demand |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *krafōn | — |
Words derived from “craven”