Etymology

ecru

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Today it means: A beige colour. Full definition →

French écr
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  1. Frenché-
  2. Frenchcru
  3. Frenchécr
  4. English todayecru

Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.