Etymology

crappy

C3R1A1P3P3Y4

Today it means: Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful. Full definition →

English crap ← Middle English crappe ← Middle French crape
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The story

  1. Old Dutchkrappen
  2. Old Frenchcrappe
  3. Middle Frenchcrape
  4. Middle Englishcrappe
  5. Englishcrap
  6. English todaycrappy

From crap + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.