Where does “crépon” come from?

crépon (French) comes from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

crépon (French): seersucker

Definitions

  1. seersucker

Ancestry of “crépon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “crépon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from French -on →