## Etymology
From Middle English 'crasen' ('to shatter, crack'), probably of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse '*krasa', 'to crush'); the sense 'mental cracking' yielded both 'make insane' and the figurative 'fad'.

## AI Etymology
Craze is from Middle English 'crasen' ('to shatter, crack'), probably of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse '*krasa', 'to crush'); the sense 'mental cracking' yielded both 'make insane' and the figurative 'fad'. Important recorded forms include crasen (Middle English). Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers a short-lived enthusiasm or fad; to make insane. The wider family includes derived forms such as crazed and related words such as crazy and craziness.

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