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Where does “crudités” come from?

crudités (French) comes from French crudité, 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.

crudités (French): raw vegetables often served as an appetizer...

Definitions

  1. raw vegetables often served as an appetizer...

Ancestry of “crudités”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcruditérawness; a type of salad, usually put in...
2Latincruditasoverloading of the stomach; undigested food
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “crudités”

  • crudites
  • crudités
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