Where does “écrase-merde” come from?

écrase-merde (French) comes from French merde, from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

écrase-merde (French): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “écrase-merde”, step by step

écrase-merde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French merde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmerdeshit!, crap!; break a leg!; turd, piece of feces,...
2Middle Frenchmerdeshit
3Old Frenchmerdeshit
4Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
5Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

via French écraser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécraserto squash
2Middle Frenchecraserto squash
3Middle EnglishcrasenTo break in pieces; to crack
4Old Norsekrasato shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic (s)merdā →Every word from Latin merda →