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Where does “crudité” come from?

crudité (French) comes from Latin cruditas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

crudité (French): rawness; a type of salad, usually put in...

Definitions

  1. rawness; a type of salad, usually put in...

Ancestry of “crudité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincruditasoverloading of the stomach; undigested food
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “crudité”

  • crudites
  • crudités
  • crudités
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