crucche
Italian
Adjective
crucche
- feminine plural of crucco
Middle English
Alternative forms
- croch, croche, crouch, cruche
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): /ˈkrutʃ(ə)/
Noun
crucche (plural crucches)
- crutch
- c. 1215 Layamon's Brut, l.9722
- he wænde mid his crucche; us a-dun þrucche.
- c. 1300 Jacob and James
- he caste awei his crucche
- c. 1215 Layamon's Brut, l.9722
Descendants
- English: crutch
- Scots: crutch
References
- “crucche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.