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): /ˈkrut͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

crucche (plural crucches)

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

“crucche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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