crude
English
/kɹuːd/, /kɹʉd/
adj
Definitions
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- Lacking concealing elements.
- Lacking tact or taste.
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crude borrowed from Latin crūdus (uncooked, bloody, raw, harsh, unripe, crude, undigested) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*krewh₂-
Gloss
blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biocrude English
- crudeform English
- crudely English
- cruden English
- crudeness English
- crudening English
- crudesome English
- crudy English
- form English
- uncrude English
- crudesco Latin
- cruditas Latin
- cruor Latin
- crūdus Latin
- recrūdēscēns Latin
- crudamente Italian
- crudezza Italian
- crudità Italian
- crudivoro Italian
- crudo Italian
- incrudire Italian
- semicrudo Italian
- crudo Spanish, Castilian
- *krewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrawaz Proto-Germanic
- *hreusaną Proto-Germanic
- crūdan Old English
- hrēaw Old English
- crude Middle English
- ra Middle English
- raw Middle English
- rawe Middle English
- rowe Middle English
- *kry Proto-Slavic
- creu Old French
- cru Old French
- cru Catalan, Valencian
- crud Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kruda Ido
- crû Norman
- *hrau gmw-pro
- cruu Old Portuguese
- *kroudis Proto-Celtic
- *krowdi- Proto-Celtic
- crud Aromanian
- crût Friulian
- kraujas Lithuanian
- crudo Old Spanish
- *krū́ˀs Proto-Balto-Slavic
- croit Dalmatian
- kraus Samogitian