croissir

== Old French == === Alternative forms === croisir, cruisir, cruissir, croussir, crusir === Etymology === From Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną. === Verb === croissir (ambitransitive) to crush; to break; to crack; to snap to crack; to pop (making a cracking or popping noise) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: croissir → Middle English: cruschen English: crush === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “croissir”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.