crête

French

noun

Definitions

(zoology) crest (on a bird); comb (on a cock)
ridge, crest, top, peak

Etymology

Inherited from Old French creste inherited from Latin crista.

Origin

Latin

crista

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

crista Latin
cresta Italian
cresta Spanish, Castilian
crista Spanish, Castilian
*(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
creste Middle English
creste Old French
cresta Catalan, Valencian
creastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
kreshtë Albanian
crista Old Portuguese
creastã Aromanian
creste Friulian