Etymology

Kravets

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Today it means: A surname from the Slavic languages. Full definition →

Ukrainian кравець ← Belarusian кравец ← Slovak kravec
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kravьcь
  2. Polish · derived fromkrawiec“tailor”
  3. Slovak · derived fromkravec“tailor”
  4. Belarusian · derived fromкравец“tailor”
  5. Ukrainian · derived fromкравець“tailor”
  6. English todayKravets

From Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Slovak kravec (“tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь.

Words from the same roots

Ukrainianкравець all →

Belarusianкравец all →

Proto-Slavic*kravьcь all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.