Etymology

crape

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Today it means: Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband. Full definition →

French crepe ← Middle French crespe ← Latin crispus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcrispus
  2. Middle French · derived fromcrespe“curly”
  3. French · derived fromcrepe
  4. English todaycrape

Alteration of French crepe, from Middle French crespe (“curly”), from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crepe.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcrepe all →

crepe

Latincrispus all →

crispcrepeCrispus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.