creta

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) chalk a soft, white, powdery limestone

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) chalk

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) chalk
 * 2) clay

Alternative forms

 * crëta

Noun

 * 1) credit (financial)
 * 2) confidence

Etymology 1

 * perhaps:
 * From, thus “Cretan earth”.
 * From, substantivized from the feminine gender of.
 * From an archaic noun  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, all meaning “clay”)  plus the thematic feminine ending, but the root would be otherwise unknown.
 * An early borrowing from, or from the same source as the Celtic words. More at 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) chalk
 * 2) clay, clayey soil

Descendants

 * Gallo-Italic
 * Occitano-Romance
 * Oïl
 * West Iberian
 * Occitano-Romance
 * Oïl
 * West Iberian
 * Oïl
 * West Iberian
 * Oïl
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian

Etymology
. Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  chalk rock
 * 2)  the labia minora; the vaginal lips
 * 1)  the labia minora; the vaginal lips