English
roadcrew
From road + crew.
Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- ‘to ride’
Proto-Germanic *raidō ‘a ride’
Proto-West Germanic *raidu ‘riding’
Old English rād ‘riding’
Middle English rode ‘ride’
English road
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow’
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Latin crēscō ‘to grow, increase’
Old French croistre ‘to grow’
Old French creue ‘increase; recruit’
Middle English crue
English crew
Today it means
noun A group of workers who build or maintain roads.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “roadcrew”. 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 / roadcrew