crest

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the top of a hill or wave; a heraldic emblem; to reach the top

   The hikers paused at the crest of the ridge to admire the view.

Simplified etymology

Crest comes through medieval English from Latin crista, meaning “tuft or plume.” Crestfallen, recorded in the late 16th century, originally described an animal or bird whose crest drooped and later came to mean “dejected.”

From Old French 'creste' ('tuft, comb of an animal'), from Latin 'crista' ('tuft, plume, crest').

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