English
crepe
Crepe comes from Old French crespe, and goes back to Latin crispus ‘curly’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrispus‘curly’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400crespe
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcrêpe
- Englishearliest quotation 2009crepe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrispus‘curly’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400crespe
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcrêpe
- Englishearliest quotation 2009crepe
Earliest quotation: 2009, Amanda Hesser, 1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers: “While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
short, card, across, cancer, share, cross, shirt, circle, score, circuit, screen, curve, crucial, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scare, scar, cancellation, shrine, circa, scrutiny, corona, shear, scorpion, incarceration, carnage, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, crest, shred, shard, carnal, cirque, riddance, 119 more
through Latin crispus ‘curly’
Today it means
noun A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin crispus / crepe