myEtymology.com: English etymology of crossbirth

Etymology of the English word crossbirth

the English word crossbirth

derived from the English word birth

derived from the Old Norse word byrth

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

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *gaburthis

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)

Word found in Modern English