Etymology

crag

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Today it means: A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock. Full definition →

Middle English crag ← Middle Irish crec
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crag · noun1

  1. Middle Irish · derived fromcarrac
  2. Middle Irish · derived fromcrec
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcrag
  4. English todaycrag

From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

crag · noun2

A variant of craw.

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