Where does “crewless” come from?
crewless (English) comes from English crew, from Middle English crue, from Old French creue, from Old French croistre, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
crewless (English): without a crew; unmanned
Ancestry of “crewless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crew | A group of people together; A person in a crew;... |
| 2 | Middle English | crue | — |
| 3 | Old French | creue | increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine... |
| 4 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 5 | Latin | crēscō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 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 |