Where does “cru” come from?

cru (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cruu, from Latin crūdus, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

cru (Galician): raw; unprocessed; cruel

Definitions

  1. raw; unprocessed; cruel

Ancestry of “cru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecruu—
2Latincrūdusraw, bloody, bleeding
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “cru”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- →Every word from Latin crūdus →Every word from Old Portuguese cruu →