Etymology

crèche

Today it means: A representation of the nativity scene. Full definition →

French crèche ← Frankish *krippija, *kribbija ← Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kribjǭ
  2. Frankish · derived from*krippija, *kribbija
  3. French · borrowed fromcrèche“manger”
  4. English todaycrèche

Unadapted borrowing from French crèche (“manger”), from Frankish *krippija, *kribbija, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. Doublet of crib. Daycare meaning comes from recent use in France French (whereas in Canadian French garderie is used instead).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*kribjǭ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.