Where does “crouse” come from?
crouse (Middle English) comes from Old English crūse, from Latvian krusa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.
Ancestry of “crouse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | crūse | jar, cruse |
| 2 | Latvian | krusa | hail |
| 3 | Old Tupi | -a | — |
| 4 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | — |
| 6 | Proto-Tupian | *po | — |
Words derived from “crouse”