myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of cruzar

Etymology of the Spanish word cruzar

the Spanish word cruzar

derived from the Spanish word cruz

derived from the Late Latin word crux (cross; cross; hanging tree; impaling stake)

Catalan crusar, Dutch kruisen, Dutch kruis, English cruise, English cross, French croiser, French croix, German Kreuz, Icelandic kross, Icelandic krysse, Italian croce, Italian crociare, Latin cruces, Lithuanian kryžius, Norwegian kors, Norwegian krysse, Portuguese cruzar, Provençal crozar, Spanish cruz, Swedish kors, Swedish korsa, Swedish kryssa, Swedish kreuzer, Yiddish krajts