Etymology

crancelin

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Today it means: A chaplet of rue, as used as a charge on the arms of Saxony. Full definition →

French crancelin ← German Kränzlein
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The story

  1. German · derived fromKränzlein“small garland”
  2. French · borrowed fromcrancelin
  3. English todaycrancelin

From French crancelin, from German Kränzlein (“small garland”).

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