Etymology

crappo

crap·po
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Today it means: Of very low quality; crap, lousy. Full definition →

Guyanese Creole English crappo ← French crapaud ← Middle French crapaud
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crappo · adjective1

From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).

crappo · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*greb-
  2. Frankish · derived from*krappō
  3. Old French · derived fromcrapaut
  4. Middle French · derived fromcrapaud
  5. French · derived fromcrapaud“toad”
  6. Guyanese Creole English · borrowed fromcrappo
  7. English todaycrappo

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English crappo, from French crapaud (“toad”), from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog; toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“claw, hook”) (because of a toad’s hooked feet; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-) + -aud (suffix forming diminutives or nouns having a pejorative connotation). Doublet of crapaud.

crappo · noun3

  1. Kari'na · derived fromkarapa
  2. Lokono · derived fromcarapa
  3. Trinidadian Creole English · borrowed fromcrappo
  4. English todaycrappo

Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English crappo, crapaud, a modification of either Lokono carapa, kálaba, karaba, or Kari'na karapa. Cognates * Dutch krapboom * Sranan Tongo krapa

Words from the same roots

Frankish*krappō all →

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