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Where does “pseudocroup” come from?

pseudocroup (English) comes from English croup, from Middle English croupe, from Old French croupe, from Frankish kruppa, from Polish Krupa, from Proto-Slavic krupa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kraupāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European krowp-eh₂ — to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise.

pseudocroup (English): The form of croup caused by a virus and not by...

Definitions

  1. The form of croup caused by a virus and not by...

Ancestry of “pseudocroup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcroupThe top of the rump of a horse or other...
2Middle Englishcroupe—
3Old Frenchcrouperump, body
4Frankishkruppa—
5PolishKrupa—
6Proto-Slavickrupagrainy substance, groats, hail
7Proto-Balto-Slavickraupāˀ—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankrowp-eh₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankrewp-scab, crust; to become encrusted
10Proto-Indo-Europeankrew-to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise
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