Where does “crépu” come from?

crépu (French) comes from French -u, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

crépu (French): frizzy, fuzzy

Definitions

  1. frizzy, fuzzy

Ancestry of “crépu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-uForming adjectives having the sense of ‘having...
2Latin-utus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -utus →