Etymology

creepiness

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Today it means: The state of being creepy. Full definition →

English creepy ← Middle English crepen ← Old English crēopan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kreupaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kreupan
  4. Old Englishcrēopan
  5. Middle Englishcrepen
  6. Englishcreep
  7. Englishcreepy
  8. English todaycreepiness

From creepy + -ness.

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