crew

crew · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
3. Latincrēscere
4. Old Frenchcreistre
5. Old Frenchcreue
6. Middle Englishcrue
7. English todaycrew

From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

crew · noun²

Probably of Brythonic/Cumbric origin. Compare Middle Welsh creu (“pigsty, hovel, stockade”).

Crew · proper noun³

1. Old Welsh · derived fromcriu“weir”
2. English todayCrew

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

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