myEtymology.com: English etymology of crosswise

Etymology of the English word crosswise

the English word crosswise

derived from the English word a-

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

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 wise

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

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wit