Etymology

crowdy

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Today it means: A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water. Full definition →

English crowd ← Middle English crouden ← Old English crūdan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewt-
  2. Proto-Germanic*krūdaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*krūdan
  4. Old Englishcrūdan
  5. Middle Englishcrouden
  6. Englishcrowd
  7. English todaycrowdy

From crowd + -y.

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