Where does “crushee” come from?

crushee (English) comes from English crush, from Middle English cruschen, from Old French croissir, from Late Latin cruscio, from Frankish krostjan — to crush, squeeze, squash.

crushee (English): The person on whom one has a crush

Definitions

  1. The person on whom one has a crush

Ancestry of “crushee”, step by step

crushee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crush

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrushA violent collision or compression; a crash;...
2Middle Englishcruschento crush, smash, squeeze, squash
3Old Frenchcroissirto crush; to break; to crack; to snap; to crack;...
4Late Latincruscioto brush
5Frankishkrostjanto crush, squeeze, squash

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Frankish krostjan →Every word from Late Latin cruscio →Every word from Old French croissir →