Crops
/krɒps/noun
Plural of crop: cultivated plants grown for food, fiber, or other use.
Did you know?The word crop comes from an old Germanic root meaning “top” or “head,” so the thing we harvest is literally the cut-off top of a plant.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to cut”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kruppō
“top, lump, round mass”
Old English
OE
cropp
“top, sprout, cluster, bunch”
Middle English
ME
croppe
“the top of a plant; produce of the field”
Modern English
English
crop
“cultivated plant or yield from cultivated plants”