Where does “croissant” come from?
croissant (Finnish) comes from French croissant, from Latin crēscēns, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
croissant (Finnish): croissant
Ancestry of “croissant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | croissant | crescent; croissant; crescent moon |
| 2 | Latin | crēscēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | crēscō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |