Where does “créer” come from?

créer (French) comes from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

créer (French): to create

Definitions

  1. to create

Ancestry of “créer”, step by step

créer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin creō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincreōto create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively)
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Latin creāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincreāre—

Words derived from “créer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →