Probably borrowed fromMiddle Frenchcripte, fromLatincrypta, fromAncient Greekκρυπτός(kruptós).Doublet ofkrocht,grot, andgruft.
crypte f (pluralcryptes,diminutivecryptetje n)
Borrowed fromLatincrypta, itself a borrowing fromAncient Greekκρυπτή(kruptḗ).Doublet ofgrotte, a borrowing from Italian.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
crypte