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Where does “crouler” come from?

crouler (French) comes from Italian crollare, from Vulgar Latin corrutulare, from Latin corruere — third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

crouler (French): to collapse

Definitions

  1. to collapse

Ancestry of “crouler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrollareto collapse, cave in or slump
2Vulgar Latincorrutulare—
3Latincorruerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Words derived from “crouler”

  • croulement
  • écrouler
  • écroulement
  • kruligar
  • krular
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