English
crista
Crista comes from Latin crista ‘the crest, the plume’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrista‘the crest, the plume’
- Englishearliest quotation 1805same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrista‘the crest, the plume’
- Englishearliest quotation 1805same form
Earliest quotation: 1805, Charles Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (joint ed.): “[…] a crista of fine hairs, between the two…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’
short, share, card, across, cancer, score, cross, shirt, screen, circle, circuit, curve, scare, crucial, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, circa, scrutiny, shrine, corona, shear, scorpion, incarceration, shred, carnage, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, shrewd, shard, carnal, cirque, circulatory, 118 more
through Latin crista ‘the crest, the plume’
Today it means
noun Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / crista