crista
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (of a helmet) the crest, the plume
- the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock)
- the tuft of leaves on plants
- (anatomy) the clitoris
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)ker-
Gloss
cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acaro- English
- carnally English
- carnify English
- carnosity English
- carrion English
- crinicultural English
- recarnify English
- reincarnate English
- reincarnation English
- *(s)kr̥tós Latin
- *biaxius Latin
- *carnaticum Latin
- *carsānia Latin
- *crina Latin
- cancer Latin
- carcer Latin
- carnis Latin
- carnālis Latin
- carnōsus Latin
- caro Latin
- carō Latin
- corium Latin
- corsa Latin
- cortina Latin
- cossus Latin
- crinis Latin
- crispus Latin
- crux Latin
- crux, crucem Latin
- crūx Latin
- cunnus Latin
- curculio Latin
- curtus Latin
- curvus Latin
- cēnāre Latin
- excurtāre Latin
- frango, frangere Latin
- incarnari Latin
- incarnātiō, incarnātiōnem Latin
- scorpiō Latin
- scortea Latin
- scorteus Latin
- scortum Latin
- scrapta Latin
- scrautum Latin
- scrinium Latin
- scrobis Latin
- scrofa Latin
- scrotum Latin
- scrīnium Latin
- carnevale Italian
- cresta Italian
- crinoline French
- crucial French
- crête French
- cresta Spanish, Castilian
- crestería Spanish, Castilian
- crista Spanish, Castilian
- Σκύλλα Ancient Greek
- γρυμέα Ancient Greek
- κίρκος Ancient Greek
- καρκίνος Ancient Greek
- καρτός Ancient Greek
- κορμός Ancient Greek
- κορωνός Ancient Greek
- κορώνη Ancient Greek
- κουρά Ancient Greek
- κρίκος Ancient Greek
- κόραξ Ancient Greek
- κόρση Ancient Greek
- κώρυκος Ancient Greek
- σκάρος Ancient Greek
- σκορπίος Ancient Greek
- ἀκαρής Ancient Greek
- ἐπικάρσιος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kreb(h)- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)krewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kér-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *kertsnh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *kr-kr- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱes- Proto-Indo-European
- crista Portuguese
- *harwa- Proto-Germanic
- *hringaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrunkijō Proto-Germanic
- *skar- Proto-Germanic
- *skardą Proto-Germanic
- *skarją Proto-Germanic
- *skarō Proto-Germanic
- *skeraną Proto-Germanic
- *skirmiz Proto-Germanic
- *skrabą Proto-Germanic
- *skrahō Proto-Germanic
- *skrapōną Proto-Germanic
- *skraudō Proto-Germanic
- *skrawwaz Proto-Germanic
- *skrimpaną Proto-Germanic
- *skurf- Proto-Germanic
- *skuri- Proto-Germanic
- *skurtaz Proto-Germanic
- *skurtijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *skurō Proto-Germanic
- skręt Polish
- screadian Old English
- कर्तनि Sanskrit
- कार्त्तिकेय Sanskrit
- कृन्तति Sanskrit
- creste Middle English
- aischuir Irish
- crosaire Irish
- crosdealbhach Irish
- crosdiabhal Irish
- crosáil Irish
- crosán Irish
- crosóg Irish
- crúbchrois Irish
- skæri Old Norse
- *kora Proto-Slavic
- *kortъ Proto-Slavic
- *kortъkъ Proto-Slavic
- *kъrkъ Proto-Slavic
- *skora Proto-Slavic
- *čьrstvъ Proto-Slavic
- *čьrta Proto-Slavic
- creste Old French
- cresta Catalan, Valencian
- Cervantes Galician
- crista Galician
- creastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- crych Welsh
- rhych Welsh
- šķirt Latvian
- քերեմ Old Armenian
- conscara Old Irish
- crochaid Old Irish
- crosach Old Irish
- docuirethar Old Irish
- doscara Old Irish
- etarscara Old Irish
- imm·cuirethar Old Irish
- ·cuirethar Old Irish
- gërshërë Albanian
- kreshtë Albanian
- krip Albanian
- kripç Albanian
- shkrap Albanian
- carnation Middle French
- *skeran gmw-pro
- *skrank Old Dutch
- crista Old Portuguese
- *eks-koris, *ekskoris Proto-Celtic
- *koros Proto-Celtic
- *korītor Proto-Celtic
- *kṛt-on- Proto-Celtic
- *skarati Proto-Celtic
- creastã Aromanian
- *karkros Proto-Italic
- *karō Proto-Italic
- *kriznis Proto-Italic
- кратъкъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- creste Friulian
- *skirmijan Frankish
- skirti Lithuanian
- *kar-usa Proto-Albanian
- *karā Proto-Albanian
- *kripa Proto-Albanian
- *skirā Proto-Albanian
- *ϑer Proto-Albanian
- *kar- Proto-Iranian
- *krʉn Proto-Brythonic
- *skar- Messapic
- carō
- crux
- crux
- crūx
- caro
- corsa
- scrofa
- corium
- crinis
- cancer
- cossus
- cunnus
- curtus
- curvus
- carcer
- *crina
- frango
- carnis
- cēnāre
- scrobis
- scrotum
- crispus
- cortina
- crucem
- scortea
- scorpiō
- scortum
- scrapta
- carnōsus
- scorteus
- curculio
- carnālis
- scrīnium
- *biaxius
- scrinium
- scrautum
- *carsānia
- excurtāre
- incarnari
- frangere
- *(s)kr̥tós
- incarnātiō
- *carnaticum
- incarnātiōnem