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
Ancestry of “cruces”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | cruces | plural of cruz; plural of cruce |
| 2 | Spanish | cruce | crossroads; action of crossing or traversing , or... |
| 3 | Spanish | cruzar | to cross; to exchange; to fold |
| 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 |