Etymology of the French word créature
the French word
créaturederived from the Latin word
creatura (creation; creature, thing created)
derived from the Latin word
creatio (begetting of children; creating, producing; creation; creating, producing)
derived from the Late Latin word
creatus (child, offspring; sprung from, begotten by, born of)
derived from the Latin word
creare (create, bring into being, make; institute; conjure up; be born; produce, bear fruit; bring about)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-derived from the Latin word
creatum (things made)
derived from the Latin word
creare (create, bring into being, make; institute; conjure up; be born; produce, bear fruit; bring about)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-Date
The earliest known usage of créature in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in other languages
Romanian
creaturăCognates
Dutch
creatuur, English
creature, German
Kreatur, Italian
creatura, Norwegian
kreatur, Spanish
criadura, Swedish
kreatur
