Etymology

crewer

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Today it means: A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft Full definition →

English crew ← Middle English crue ← Old French creue
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The story

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

From crew + -er.

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