Where does “crasseux” come from?
crasseux (French) comes from French crasse, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
crasseux (French): filthy, grimy
Definitions
- filthy, grimy
Ancestry of “crasseux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | crasse | crass; dirty, filthy; filth, muck |
| 2 | Old French | cras | fat |
| 3 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |