Where does “miscrop” come from?
miscrop (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...
miscrop (English): To plant the wrong crops, so as to harm the...
Definitions
- To plant the wrong crops, so as to harm the...
Ancestry of “miscrop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crop | A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | crop | — |
| 3 | Old English | cropp | the crop of a bird; the head of a flower; an ear... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kropp | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |