crenate

crenate · adjective¹

1. Middle French · derived fromcrené
2. Latin · borrowed fromcrēnātus
3. English todaycrenate

Borrowed from Latin crēnātus, merged with a Latinization of Middle French crené, past participle of crener (“to mark with a notch”), derivative of cren, cran (“notch”), of Celtic origin.

crenate · noun²

From Ancient Greek κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring”) + -ate. By surface analysis, cren- + -ate.

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