acraze

The story

1. Old Norse · derived from*krasa“to shatter”
2. Middle English · derived fromcrasen“to break, shatter”
3. Middle French · derived fromecraser“to squash”
4. French · derived fromacraser“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”
5. English todayacraze

From French acraser (“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”), same as écraser (“to squash”), from Middle French ecraser (“to squash”), from Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”). More at craze.

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