"mixed raw vegetables as a hors d'oeuvre," 1960, from French crudités, literally "raw things" (see crudity).
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crudity n.
early 15c., of food, "quality of producing unnatural humors," from Old French crudité (14c.) and directly from Latin cruditatem (nominative cruditas) "indigestion," from crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody" (see crude). From 1620s as "that which is crude;" 1630s as "quality or state of being crude."