## Meanings
1. The people who work together to operate a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
2. A group of people who work together on a job or project.
3. To work as a member of the crew on a boat or ship.

## Examples
- The plane landed safely thanks to its experienced crew.
- A crew of builders arrived early to start work on the roof.
- We crewed together on a fishing boat last summer.

## Synonyms
- bunch
- clique
- complement
- crewmember
- crowd
- gang
- lot
- member
- pack
- posse
- seaman
- staff

## Derived Forms
- aircrew
- crew-served
- crewable
- crewdate
- crewer
- crewless
- crewman
- crewmate
- crewneck
- crewperson
- crewwoman
- cybercrew

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱer- (grow)
- Root: crue
- Root: creue
- Root: cresco

## Etymology
From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

## AI Etymology
crew comes from Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (grow), Middle English crue, Old French creue, Latin cresco. Current senses include The people who work together to operate a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle and A group of people who work together on a job or project. English relatives and later formations include aircrew, crew-served, crewable.

## Topics
- Work & Careers
- Transportation

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