Where does “크로넛” come from?
크로넛 (Korean) comes from English cronut, from English croissant, from French croissant, from Latin crēscēns, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
크로넛 (Korean): cronut
Definitions
- cronut
Ancestry of “크로넛”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cronut | A pastry which combines characteristics of a... |
| 2 | English | croissant | A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent |
| 3 | French | croissant | crescent; croissant; crescent moon |
| 4 | Latin | crēscēns | coming to be |
| 5 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |