krocht
Dutch (Brabantic)
/krɔxt/
noun
Definitions
- underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location
- (Belgium) bad, substandard housing; a shanty
- (architecture) underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt
Etymology
Derived from Latin crypta (vault) derived from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (hidden, secret, concealed, private).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κρυπτός
Gloss
hidden, secret, concealed, private
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crypt English
- crypto- English
- encrypt English
- krypton English
- *grupta Latin
- crypta Latin
- crypton Latin
- cryptoporticus Latin
- grupta Latin
- Kruft German
- kripto- Hungarian
- cripta Italian
- cripto- Italian
- grotta Italian
- crypte Dutch, Flemish
- crypte French
- crypto- French
- grotte French
- крипто́н Russian
- cripta Spanish, Castilian
- cripto- Spanish, Castilian
- criptorquidia Spanish, Castilian
- κρυπτή Ancient Greek
- κρυπτός Ancient Greek
- κρύπτη Ancient Greek
- *krāu- Proto-Indo-European
- cripta Portuguese
- cripto- Portuguese
- krypta Polish
- cripti- Irish
- cripta Catalan, Valencian
- cripta Galician
- cripto- Galician
- groto Galician
- gruft Old High German