Where does “cresp” come from?

cresp (Old French) comes from Latin Crispus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “cresp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCrispuscurly; hair
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “cresp

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-Every word from Latin Crispus
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