myEtymology.com: English etymology of crossbeam

Etymology of the English word crossbeam

the English word crossbeam

using the English prefix cross-

derived from the English word cross

derived from the Old Irish word cross

derived from the Old Norse word kross

derived from the Old Irish word cros

derived from the Late Latin word crux (cross; cross; hanging tree; impaling stake)

derived from the English word beam

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bheuə-