Where does “crewwoman” come from?
crewwoman (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.
crewwoman (English): A female crewmember
Definitions
- A female crewmember
Ancestry of “crewwoman”, step by step
crewwoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 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 |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |