Where does “mots-croisiste” come from?
mots-croisiste (French) comes from French mots croisés, from English crossword, from English cross, from French croix, from German Kreuz, from Spanish Cruz, from Portuguese cruz, from Italian croce — to caw, crow.
mots-croisiste (French): One who solves crossword puzzles
Definitions
- One who solves crossword puzzles
Ancestry of “mots-croisiste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mots croisés | crossword |
| 2 | English | crossword | A word puzzle in which interlocking words are... |
| 3 | English | cross | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight... |
| 4 | French | croix | cross; a representation of a cross; the cross as... |
| 5 | German | Kreuz | cross; clubs; sharp |
| 6 | Spanish | Cruz | — |
| 7 | Portuguese | cruz | cross |
| 8 | Italian | croce | cross |
| 9 | Latin | crux | wooden frame on which criminals were crucified,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *kruks | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |