The story
- Old French · derived fromcresp
- Middle French · derived fromCrespeau
- French · derived fromCrépeau
- Sicilian · borrowed fromcrapu“he-goat”
- English todayCrapo
Uncertain origin and variable origins depending on the ancestry of the bearer : * In some cases, possibly borrowed from Sicilian crapu (“he-goat”), masculine and obsolete form of crapa (“she-goat”). Compare also Italian capro. * In some cases, from French Crépeau, derived from Middle French Crespeau or Crepeau, itself from Old French cresp.
Words from the same roots
FrenchCrépeau all →
Crepeau
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.