Where does “creviceless” come from?
creviceless (English) comes from English crevice, from Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from Old French crever, from Latin crepō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
creviceless (English): Without a crevice
Definitions
- Without a crevice
Ancestry of “creviceless”, step by step
creviceless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crevice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crevice | A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall;... |
| 2 | Middle English | crevice | — |
| 3 | Old French | crevace | crevasse |
| 4 | Old French | crever | to burst; to die |
| 5 | Latin | crepō | to rattle, rustle, clatter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |