myEtymology.com: French etymology of crossman

Etymology of the French word crossman

the French word crossman

derived from the English word crossman

derived from the English word across

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 man

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *manwaz

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