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Where does “creistre” come from?

creistre (Old French) comes from Latin crescere, from Latin cresco, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

creistre (Old French): Alternative form of croistre

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of croistre

Ancestry of “creistre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrescerepresent active infinitive of crēscō; to spring...
2LatincrescoI increase, rise, grow, thrive; multiply,...
3Proto-Italickrēskō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “creistre”

  • crew
  • crescent
  • crewman
  • aircrew
  • croissant
  • crewmember
  • crescentic
  • crewmate
  • crewneck
  • krewe
  • crewless
  • groundcrew
  • aircrewman
  • crewperson
  • multicrew
  • crescentiform
  • crescentwise
  • roadcrew
  • crewwoman
  • traincrew
  • crewnecked
  • recrew
  • crescentspot
  • bicrescentic
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