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

  1. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge; A tuft,...

Ancestry of “crest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcreste—
2Old Frenchcreste—
3Vulgar Latin*cresta—
4Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “crest”

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