Etymology

crampon

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Today it means: An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice. Full definition →

French crampon
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromcrampon
  2. French · borrowed fromcrampon
  3. English todaycrampon

Borrowed from French crampon.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcrampon all →

crampoon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.