Where does “crisper” come from?
crisper (French) comes from Latin crispare, from Latin crispo, from Latin Crispus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
crisper (French): to tense, to tense up
Ancestry of “crisper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | crispare | present active infinitive of crīspō;... |
| 2 | Latin | crispo | I curl, crimp; I make rough or variegated; strew... |
| 3 | Latin | Crispus | curly; hair |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “crisper”