English
crudité
Crudité comes from French crudité ‘rawness’, from Latin crūditās ‘overloading of the stomach (indigestion)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- ‘bloody or raw flesh, raw meat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krewh₂-‘bloody or raw flesh, raw meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrūdus‘unripe, uncooked’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrūditāsas crūditātem‘overloading of the stomach (indigestion)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcrudité‘rawness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krewh₂-‘bloody or raw flesh, raw meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrūdus‘unripe, uncooked’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrūditāsas crūditātem‘overloading of the stomach (indigestion)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcrudité‘rawness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
Earliest quotation: 1998, John Yau, Treasure Hunt: “The note said that she and two of our…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- ‘bloody or raw flesh, raw meat’
raw, cruel, pancreas, ree, 7 more
through Latin crūdus ‘unripe, uncooked’
Today it means
noun A crispy raw vegetable; an individual piece of crudités.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- / crudité