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Where does “cruppo” come from?

cruppo (Vulgar Latin) comes from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “cruppo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Renaissance Latingrupus—
2Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “cruppo”

  • group
  • grouping
  • subgroup
  • intergroup
  • workgroup
  • outgroup
  • groupthink
  • newsgroup
  • groupware
  • intragroup
  • groupie
  • haplogroup
  • filegroup
  • playgroup
  • groupwork
  • serogroup
  • headgroup
  • supergroup
  • multigroup
  • Eurogroup
  • groupness
  • semigroup
  • ungroup
  • battlegroup
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