crèche
English
/kɹɛʃ/, /kɹeɪʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A representation of the nativity scene.
- A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.
- A day nursery.
- (marine biology) A group of young who stay together for protection.
Etymology
Borrowed from French crèche (manger) derived from Frankish *kribbija, *krippija derived from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (crib, wickerwork).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kribjǭ
Gloss
crib, wickerwork
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crèchemate English
- mate English
- crèche Dutch, Flemish
- crèche French
- *g(')rībh- Proto-Indo-European
- *grebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- creche Portuguese
- *kribjǭ Proto-Germanic
- crib Old English
- cribb Old English
- creche Old French
- krippa Old High German
- kribbia Old Saxon
- *kribbija Frankish
- *kribbija, *krippija Frankish
- *krippija Frankish