Where does “crest” come from?
Crest comes from Middle English creste, from Old French creste, from Latin crista, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek-.
crest (English): The summit of a hill or mountain ridge; A tuft,...
Definitions
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge; A tuft,...
Ancestry of “crest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | creste | — |
| 2 | Old French | creste | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *cresta | — |
| 4 | Latin | crista | the crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “crest”