Words that come from Latin “crux”
400 words across 56 languages descend from Latin crux — including cross, crucial, cruise, crusade, cruiser, crucifixion, Crosby, crucible.
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English (138)
- cross
- crucial
- cruise
- crusade
- cruiser
- crucifixion
- Crosby
- crucible
- crucifix
- crucially
- excruciating
- crux
- cruciate
- crusader
- crusading
- Veracruz
- crossword
- crucify
- crossly
- cruciform
- excruciatingly
- crossroad
- recross
- crosswalk
- crosshead
- Crux
- crossbones
- crosser
- outcrossing
- crosshair
- crossbeam
- crossness
- intercross
- croisade
- uncross
- crossbill
- crucifer
- crossway
- crossbite
- uncrossable
- crosspoint
- outcross
- kreutzer
- kreuzer
- cruzado
- doublecross
- crossable
- cruzeiro
- cruiserweight
- crucifier
- crosseth
- crosslike
- crosspatch
- crosstree
- crossability
- crossline
- excruciate
- crosswire
- crosst
- cruisy
- crossguard
- cruciality
- supercruise
- crosstable
- crosslight
- autocross
- crossvine
- Crosbyton
- cruisey
- crossless
- crosslots
- noncrucial
- crusadism
- crosshanded
- incross
- crossrow
- crucifieth
- crunode
- outcrosser
- crosswort
- crossunder
- cruciately
- crosshaired
- crossish
- crusaderism
- crucigerous
- cruisewear
- crucialness
- anticross
- starcruiser
- buttercross
- cruciferin
- uncrossability
- crusaderlike
- crucifixlike
- crucifiable
- crucifixional
- crossnumber
- cruciformly
- becross
- crossbeak
- crossfish
- crunodal
- battle-cruiser
- bookcross
- superexcruciating
- cross one's heart
- uncrossably
- cruiselike
- crucifixionlike
- crosspipe
- crosswordlike
- discruciate
- crosswordese
- crusadingly
- decrucify
- decrucifier
- crucifiest
- cross spider
- crusadist
- crossling
- picross
- Rose Croix
- cross-handed
- crosshandedness
- cross-handedly
- crosshandedly
- crusaderist
- crossworder
- cruiseway
- cruisegoer
- autocruise
- crusadery
- crosswording
- crosswedge
- subcross
- Las Cruces
- Saint Croix
Irish (34)
- crosóg
- crosógaíocht
- cros
- crosán
- cros-
- crosbhóthar
- croseagar
- crosaire
- croslann
- cros-snáithe
- crosbhealach
- crosteideal
- croschnámha
- crosphailniú
- cros-sábh
- croschineálach
- cros-toirchigh
- croscheistigh
- crosbhogha
- crosmhalartú
- croscheann
- crosalt
- crosphóraigh
- crosáil
- croscheist
- croscheisteoir
- ardchros
- cros-síolrach
- cros-síolraigh
- crosbhacart
- crostagairt
- crosdiabhal
- croch
- crosta