Where does “krei” come from?
krei (Esperanto) comes from English cry, from Middle English crien, from Old French crier, from Vulgar Latin critare, from Latin quirito, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwey- — to hiss, to whistle, to whisper; to shine, white,...
krei (Esperanto): to create
Definitions
- to create
Ancestry of “krei”, step by step
krei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cry | To shed tears; to weep; To utter loudly; to call... |
| 2 | Middle English | crien | to shout; to cry out |
| 3 | Old French | crier | to cry out; to shout |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | critare | — |
| 5 | Latin | quirito | I call upon for help; I scream, shriek; I protest... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwey- | to hiss, to whistle, to whisper; to shine, white,... |
via Latin creō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |