Where does “lacrosse” come from?
Lacrosse comes from French crosse, from Middle French la, from Frankish krukkja, from Latin illa, from Proto-Indo-European h₂el-, grewg-, ger-, and al-.
lacrosse (English): A sport played on a field between two opposing...
Definitions
- A sport played on a field between two opposing...
Ancestry of “lacrosse”, step by step
lacrosse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French lacrosse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lacrosse | lacrosse; Synonym of crosse |
| 2 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 3 | Italian | là | there |
| 4 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 5 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 6 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 7 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 8 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 9 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 10 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 11 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | A | — |
| 13 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 15 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 16 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |
via Canadian French la crosse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian French | la crosse | — |
via Canadian French [[la]] [[crosse]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian French | [[la]] [[crosse]] | — |