Where does “crossbar” come from?
Crossbar comes from Middle English crose bar, a compound of crose and bar whose original sense is not documented.
crossbar (English): Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across...
Definitions
- Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across...
Ancestry of “crossbar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cross | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight... |
| 2 | French | croix | cross; a representation of a cross; the cross as... |
| 3 | German | Kreuz | cross; clubs; sharp |
| 4 | Spanish | Cruz | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | cruz | cross |
| 6 | Italian | croce | cross |
| 7 | Latin | crux | wooden frame on which criminals were crucified,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *kruks | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |
Words derived from “crossbar”