Etymology of the English word crosscurrent
the English word
crosscurrentderived from the English word
currentderived from the Old French word
corantderived from the Old French word
courrederived from the Medieval Latin word
currere (run, trot, gallop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kers-using the English prefix
cross-derived from 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)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
