Etymology of the English word cry

Date

The earliest known usage of cry in English dates from the 13th century.

Derivations in English

crybaby, outcry, crying, cried

Cognates

Catalan dors, Catalan hom, Danish en, Dutch één, Dutch emmer, Dutch een, English one, French défiler, French chandeleur, French crier, French deviser, French dos, French on, French un, German ein, German Eimer, Gothic ains, Icelandic einn, Italian dorso, Italian gridare, Italian uno, Italian huom, Latin dorsum, Latin unus, Lithuanian defiliuoti, Norwegian ambar, Nynorsk enn, Portuguese dorso, Portuguese gritar, Portuguese ome, Provençal et_anc, Provençal uns, Riksmal en, Russian дeфилировать, Spanish cridar, Spanish dorso, Spanish un, Spanish desfilar, Spanish devisar, Spanish omne, Spanish candelor, Swedish en, Swedish ämbar, Yiddish ejn

Usage

Word found in Modern English