crucche

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkruk.ke/
  • Rhymes: -ukke
  • Hyphenation: crùc‧che

Adjective

crucche

  1. feminine plural of crucco

Noun

crucche f

  1. plural of crucco

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English cryċċ (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”).

The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrut͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

crucche (plural crucches)

  1. crutch
    • c. 1215 Layamon's Brut, l.9722
      he wænde mid his crucche; us a-dun þrucche.
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    • c. 1300, Jacob and James:
      he caste awei his crucche
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: crutch
  • Scots: crutch

References

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