Etymology of the French word croix
the French word
croixderived from the Late Latin word
crux (cross; cross; hanging tree; impaling stake)
Date
The earliest known usage of croix in French dates from the 10th century.
Derivations in French
croisette,
croiser,
grand-croix,
porte-croix,
croisilleCognates
Catalan
crusar, Dutch
kruisen, Dutch
kruis, English
cruise, English
cross, French
croiser, German
Kreuz, Icelandic
kross, Icelandic
krysse, Italian
croce, Italian
crociare, Latin
cruces, Lithuanian
kryžius, Norwegian
kors, Norwegian
krysse, Portuguese
cruzar, Provençal
crozar, Spanish
cruz, Spanish
cruzar, Swedish
kors, Swedish
korsa, Swedish
kryssa, Swedish
kreuzer, Yiddish
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