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English word creep comes from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-, Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-, and later Old English (ca. 450-1100) creopan (To creep.)
*gerh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
to call hoarsely, to cry hoarsely
*grewbʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kreupp- (Proto-Germanic)
*krūpaną (Proto-Germanic)
creopan (Old English)
To creep.
crēopan (Old English)
crepen (Middle English)
creep (English)
(intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.. (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.. (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.. (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.. To have a sensation as of [...]