Where does “crève-la-faim” come from?
crève-la-faim (French) comes from French crever de faim — to be starving, to be ravenous.
crève-la-faim (French): down-and-out
Ancestry of “crève-la-faim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | crever de faim | to be starving, to be ravenous |