Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*grewb-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *grewb-, most common first.
- cropA plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- croftAn enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
- croupThe top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
- KrogA surname.