Where does “crusadingly” come from?
crusadingly (English) comes from English crusading, from English crusade, from French croisade, from Middle French croisade, from Old French croisade, from Old French crois, from Latin crux, from Proto-Italic *kruks — to caw, crow.
crusadingly (English): In a crusading manner
Definitions
- In a crusading manner
Ancestry of “crusadingly”, step by step
crusadingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crusading
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crusading | present participle of crusade |
| 2 | English | crusade | Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the... |
| 3 | French | croisade | crusade |
| 4 | Middle French | croisade | crusade |
| 5 | Old French | croisade | — |
| 6 | Old French | crois | cross; crossroads |
| 7 | Latin | crux | wooden frame on which criminals were crucified,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *kruks | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |