Etymology

crayon

cray·on
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Today it means: A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. Full definition →

French crayon ← Latin crēta
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  1. Latincrēta
  2. Frenchcraie
  3. Frenchcrayon
  4. English todaycrayon

Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus.

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