crever
French
verb
Definitions
- to pop, burst
- (slang) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)
- (slang) to wear out, knacker
- to have a puncture
Etymology
Inherited from Old French crever inherited from Latin crepāre (creak, crack) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱorh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crevasse English
- cornix Latin
- crepo Latin
- crepāre Latin
- crepātūra Latin
- querquedula Latin
- crepare Italian
- crevaison French
- crevard French
- crevasse French
- increvable French
- crevar Spanish, Castilian
- quebrar Spanish, Castilian
- resquebrajar Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱorh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrabnaz Proto-Germanic
- crevace Old French
- crever Old French
- crăpa Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- quebrar Old Portuguese
- crepâ Friulian
- crevâ Friulian
- crepur Dalmatian
- crebar Aragonese
- crever Louisiana Creole French