Etymograph

English

crastinal

Crastinal comes from Latin crāstinus ‘of or belonging to tomorrow’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *krās.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krās‘tomorrow’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrās‘tomorrow’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrāstinus‘of or belonging to tomorrow’
  4. Englishtodaycrastinal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krās‘tomorrow’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrās‘tomorrow’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrāstinus‘of or belonging to tomorrow’
  4. Englishtodaycrastinal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘head, top’

horn, cheer, hart, cerebral, grail, corny, crater, migraine, cornea, cairn, cornet, carotid, cerebellum, cranium, cerebrum, keratin, rother, 51 more

through Latin crāstinus ‘of or belonging to tomorrow’

procrastinate, 2 more

Today it means

adj Relating to tomorrow, the following day.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *krās / crastinal