Etymology

crepida

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Today it means: A type of footwear consisting of a sole attached to the foot with fairly elaborate straps, distinguished by the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans from sandals proper but now usually considered a style of sandal. Full definition →

Latin crepida ← Ancient Greek κρηπίς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρηπίς
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromcrepida
  3. English todaycrepida

Learned borrowing from Latin crepida, from Ancient Greek κρηπίς (krēpís). Doublet of crepis.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκρηπίς all →

crepis

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