Crete
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Surname CRETE

SOURCE: Nickname
USAGE: French
OTHER FORMS: Crète
CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous on 9/4/2016
LAST EDITOR: LMS on 9/5/2016   [revision history]

Meaning & History

French (adjectival form Crété ‘crested’): nickname for an arrogant individual, from Old French creste ‘crest (of a hill)’ (Late Latin crista), used with reference to the comb of a rooster. Compare Old French crester ‘to strut’.