Where does “crew” come from?
Crew comes from Middle English crue, from Old French creue, from Old French croistre, from Latin cresco meaning to grow or increase.
crew (English): A group of people together; A person in a crew;...
Definitions
- A group of people together; A person in a crew;...
Ancestry of “crew”, step by step
crew traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English crue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | crue | — |
| 2 | Old French | creue | increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine... |
| 3 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 4 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English Crewe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Crewe | A placename |