English
crathur
Crathur comes from Irish créatúr ‘poor creature, poor thing’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow, become bigger’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-1‘to grow, become bigger’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreō2‘to create, make’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreātūra3‘created thing’
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200crétúir3
- Irishc. 1200–presentcréatúr4‘poor creature, poor thing’
- Englishtodaycrathur4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin creo
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin creatura
- 3 Wiktionary, Irish créatúr
- 4 Wiktionary, English crathur
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-Wiktionary, Latin creo‘to grow, become bigger’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-tiWiktionary, Latin creoreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreōWiktionary, Latin creatura‘to create, make’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreātūraWiktionary, Irish créatúr‘created thing’
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200crétúirWiktionary, Irish créatúr
- Irishc. 1200–presentcréatúrWiktionary, English crathur‘poor creature, poor thing’
- EnglishtodaycrathurWiktionary, English crathur
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow, become bigger’
increase, increasing, crew, decrease, cereal, crescent, increment, excrement, accretion, croissant, cru, kore, 25 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti
through Latin creō ‘to create, make’
create, creative, creation, creator, creole, creat, 12 more
through Latin creātūra ‘created thing’
Today it means
noun creature
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “crathur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin creo, Latin creatura, Irish créatúr. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- / crathur