Where does “crowler” come from?
crowler (English) comes from English can, from Spanish can, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
crowler (English): A large can used to hold craft beer
Definitions
- A large can used to hold craft beer
Ancestry of “crowler”, step by step
crowler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English can
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | can | To know how to; to be able to; May; to be... |
| 2 | Spanish | can | dog, hound |
| 3 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English growler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | growler | A person, creature or thing that growls; A... |
| 2 | English | growl | A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the... |
| 3 | Middle English | groulen | — |
| 4 | Old French | groler | — |
| 5 | Frankish | grullen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gruljaną | To make a sound; rumble; grumble; growl |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |