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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-.

crasseux (French): filthy, grimy

Definitions

  1. filthy, grimy

Ancestry of “crasseux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcrassecrass; dirty, filthy; filth, muck
2Old Frenchcrasfat
3Latincrassusdense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;...
4Old Latincartsus—
5Proto-Italickartsus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥t-sú-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “crasseux”

  • crade
  • cradingue
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