Where does “croissandwich” come from?
croissandwich (English) comes from English croissant, from French croissant, from Latin crēscēns, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
croissandwich (English): A sandwich which uses a croissant sliced in two...
Definitions
- A sandwich which uses a croissant sliced in two...
Ancestry of “croissandwich”, step by step
croissandwich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English croissant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | croissant | A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent |
| 2 | French | croissant | crescent; croissant; crescent moon |
| 3 | Latin | crēscēns | coming to be |
| 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 |