myEtymology.com: English etymology of crossbill

Etymology of the English word crossbill

the English word crossbill

derived from the English word bill

derived from the English word bile

derived from the French word bile

derived from the Latin word bilis (bile; gall, bile; wrath)

derived from the Old Norse word boli

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

derived from the Old word Norse boli

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)