Where does “crue” come from?
crue (Middle English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Ancestry of “crue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | creue | increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine... |
| 2 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 3 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |