Where does “cruft” come from?

cruft (Old English) comes from Latin crupta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή, from Ancient Greek κρύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European krāu-.

cruft (Old English): vault

Definitions

  1. vault

Ancestry of “cruft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrupta—
2Ancient Greekκρυπτήhidden
3Ancient Greekκρύπτωto hide, cover; to conceal, obscure
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrāu-—

Words derived from “cruft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krāu- →Every word from Ancient Greek κρύπτω →Every word from Ancient Greek κρυπτή →