Where does “Crespelle” come from?

Crespelle (French) comes from Italian crespella, from Italian crespo, from Latin Crispus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “Crespelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrespellasmall folded pancake with savoury or sweet...
2Italiancrespocrêpe; frizzy; first-person singular present...
3LatinCrispuscurly; hair
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-Every word from Latin CrispusEvery word from Italian crespo
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