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crasis
Crasis comes from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις ‘mixture’, from κεράννυμι ‘to mix’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-‘to mix’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kírnāmi‘to mix’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκεράννυμι‘to mix’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρᾶσιςkrâsis‘mixture’root of κεράννυμι
- Englishearliest quotation 1759crasis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-‘to mix’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kírnāmi‘to mix’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκεράννυμι‘to mix’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρᾶσιςkrâsis‘mixture’root of κεράννυμι
- Englishearliest quotation 1759crasis
Earliest quotation: 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy: “This is all that ever stagger'd my faith in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘to mix’
horn, cheer, hart, cerebral, corny, migraine, crater, cornea, carotid, cairn, cornet, cerebellum, keratin, procrastinate, cranium, cerebrum, rother, 51 more
through Ancient Greek κεράννυμι ‘to mix’
Today it means
noun One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / crasis