The story
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*croceolus
- French · derived fromcreuset“crucible”
- Old French · derived fromcrasset
- Middle English · inherited fromcresset
- English todaycresset
Inherited from Middle English cresset, from Old French crasset, cresset (“sort of lamp or torch”); perhaps of Old Dutch or Old High German origin, and akin to English cruse and/or French creuset (“crucible”), the latter being from Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin *croceolus.
Words from the same roots
Frenchcreuset all →
cruisie
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.