crave
English
/kɹeɪv/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
- (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
- (transitive) To call for; to require as a course of action.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English craven inherited from Old English crafian (summon, crave, demand, ask, implore) inherited from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (demand).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krafjaną
Gloss
demand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becrave English
- craveable English
- craven English
- craver English
- cravest English
- craveth English
- craving English
- cravingly English
- cravingness English
- *krabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *krafjaną Proto-Germanic
- *krafō Proto-Germanic
- krav Swedish
- kräva Swedish
- becrafian Old English
- crafian Old English
- bicraven Middle English
- craven Middle English
- cravinge Middle English
- krefja Old Norse
- kræve Danish
- cravanté Old French
- krefja Icelandic
- kræfia Old Swedish