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cruel (adj.)
early 13c., from Old French
cruel
(12c.), earlier
crudel
, from Latin
crudelis
"rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard-hearted," related to
crudus
"rough, raw, bloody" (see
crude
). Related:
Cruelly
.
