Translation
cross
Word origin
From Latin crux, cruc- ('cross'), which originally meant a wooden frame for execution. English cross, crucial and crux all come from it, crucial by way of a crossroads where a decision must be made.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- crux
- English cognates
- cross, crucial, crux, crucify
Examples
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A wooden cross stands in front of the church.
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She wears a small cross round her neck.
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Put a cross next to the correct word.
The shape and the religious symbol both. The verb kruci is to cross things over each other, so you kruci ; to cross a road is transiri, a different word entirely. o gives you a crossroads.
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