Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “croppest” come from?

croppest (English) comes from English crop, from Middle English crop, from Old English cropp, from Proto-Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

croppest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “croppest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcropA plant, especially a cereal, grown to be...
2Middle Englishcrop—
3Old Englishcroppthe crop of a bird; the head of a flower; an ear...
4Proto-Germanic*kropp—
5Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →