crucche

Italian

Adjective

crucche

feminine plural of crucco

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

crucche

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

Descendants

English: crutch

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