Etymology

crewmate

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Today it means: A member of the same crew. Full definition →

English mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate
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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. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  11. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  12. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  13. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  14. Old Saxongimato
  15. Middle Low Germanmate
  16. Middle Englishmate
  17. Englishmate
  18. English todaycrewmate

From crew + -mate.

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