crevice

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcrepō“to break, burst, crack”
2. Old French · derived fromcrevace
3. Middle English · inherited fromcrevice
4. English todaycrevice

From Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from crever (“to break, burst”), from Latin crepō (“to break, burst, crack”). Doublet of crevasse.