Etymology

Crayola

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

French craie
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The story

  1. French · derived fromcraie“chalk”
  2. English todayCrayola

Coined by Alice (Stead) Binney, the wife of the founder of the company. From French craie (“chalk”) + oleaginous; cf. -ola.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcraie all →

craye

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.