Where does “crête” come from?

crête (French) comes from Old French creste, from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

crête (French): crest (on a bird); comb (on a cock)

Definitions

  1. crest (on a bird); comb (on a cock)

Ancestry of “crête”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcreste—
2Vulgar Latin*cresta—
3Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin crista →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cresta →