Where does “crape” come from?

crape (Old French) comes from Old French graper, from Old French grap, 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...

crape (Old French): hook; cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of...

Definitions

  1. hook; cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of...

Ancestry of “crape”, step by step

crape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French graper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgraperto pick grapes
2Old Frenchgraphook
3Frankishkrappōhook; a hook
4Proto-Indo-Europeangrep-hook; a hook, force
5Proto-Indo-Europeangremb-crooked, uneven
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Old French craper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchcraperAlternative form of graper; to pick grapes
2Frankishkrappohook

Words derived from “crape

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-