Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. · A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. · Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper. · Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
To cover in crepe. · To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper · To frizz (the hair).
Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crape.
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- Root classification mention*(s)ker- (turn)ine-pro
- Borrowed-form mentioncrêpefr
- Derivation mentioncrispusla
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