Where does “crapaud” come from?

crapaud (Middle French) comes from Old French crapaut, from Frankish krappō, from Proto-Indo-European grep-, from Proto-Indo-European gremb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “crapaud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcrapaut
2Frankishkrappōhook; a hook
3Proto-Indo-Europeangrep-hook; a hook, force
4Proto-Indo-Europeangremb-crooked, uneven
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crapaud

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