Where does “crayon” come from?
crayon (French) comes from French craie, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
crayon (French): pencil; pen; cock, dick, prick
Definitions
- pencil; pen; cock, dick, prick
Ancestry of “crayon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | craie | chalk |
| 2 | Latin | Crēta | — |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “crayon”