Where does “crazy” come from?

Crazy derives from English craze with the Middle English suffix -y, tracing through Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and Latin -ia back to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

crazy (English): Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break...

Definitions

  1. Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break...

Ancestry of “crazy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcrazecraziness; insanity; A strong habitual desire or...
2Middle EnglishcrasenTo break in pieces; to crack
3Old Norsekrasato shatter

Words derived from “crazy

Every word from Old Norse krasa
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