myEtymology.com: French etymology of craton

Etymology of the French word craton

the French word craton

derived from the English word craton

derived from the English word crater

derived from the Classical Latin word crater (mixing bowl; depression, volcano crater)

derived from the Greek word krater, κρατήρ

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kerə-

derived from the Greek word kerao

derived from the German word Kraton

derived from the Greek word kratos, κράτος (vigor ('great'))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kar-