Where does “creue” come from?
creue (Old French) comes from Old French croistre, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
creue (Old French): increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine...
Definitions
- increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine...
Ancestry of “creue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 2 | Latin | crēscō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “creue”