Where does “cruces” come from?
cruces (English) comes from Spanish cruces, from Spanish cruce, from Spanish cruzar, from Spanish Cruz, from Portuguese cruz, from Italian croce, from Latin crux, from Proto-Italic *kruks — to caw, crow.
cruces (English): plural of crux
Definitions
- plural of crux
Ancestry of “cruces”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cruces | plural of cruz; plural of cruce |
| 2 | Spanish | cruce | crossroads, crossing, intersection a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads |
| 3 | Spanish | cruzar | to cross; to exchange; to fold |
| 4 | Spanish | Cruz | cross |
| 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 |