Etymology of the English word cross
the English word
crossderived from the Old Irish word
crossderived from the Old Norse word
krossderived from the Old Irish word
crosderived from the Late Latin word
crux (cross; cross; hanging tree; impaling stake)
Derivations in English
cross-,
star-crossed,
across,
backcross,
crossed,
crossly,
crossness,
incross,
intercross,
outcross,
testcross,
uncross,
crossover,
crossing,
crosslet,
crosswise,
rallycrossDerivations in other languages
Italian
crossare, Italian
autocross, Italian
ciclocross, Italian
motocrossCognates
Catalan
crusar, Dutch
kruisen, Dutch
kruis, English
cruise, French
croiser, French
croix, German
Kreuz, Icelandic
kross, Icelandic
krysse, Italian
croce, Italian
crociare, Latin
cruces, Lithuanian
kryžius, Norwegian
kors, Norwegian
krysse, Portuguese
cruzar, Provençal
crozar, Spanish
cruz, Spanish
cruzar, Swedish
kors, Swedish
korsa, Swedish
kryssa, Swedish
kreuzer, Yiddish
krajtsUsage
Word found in Modern English
