Craig
/kreɪɡ/noun
A Scottish word for a steep rock or cliff, and a surname/place name derived from it.
Did you know?Craig comes from a Brittonic/Celtic word for a crag or rock, and it survives today as both a landscape word in Scots and a common Scottish surname/place name.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Celtic
PCelt
*kragā / *kragjo-
“rock, crag, rugged stone”
Old Welsh
OW
craig
“rock, crag”
Middle Welsh
MW
craig
“rock, cliff”
Scots
Scots
craig
“a steep rock or cliff”
Modern English
English
Craig
“Scottish surname and place name; also a Scots word for a crag or cliff”