Where does “クルー” come from?

クルー (Japanese) comes from English crew, from Middle English crue, from Old French creue, from Old French croistre, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

クルー (Japanese): crew

Definitions

  1. crew

Ancestry of “クルー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrewA group of people together; A person in a crew;...
2Middle Englishcrue
3Old Frenchcreueincrease; augmentation; recruit; feminine...
4Old Frenchcroistreto increase; to augment
5Latincrēscōto rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment
6Proto-Italickrēskō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-
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