Where does “croesgad” come from?
croesgad (Welsh) comes from Welsh croes, from Welsh gwyrdd, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.
croesgad (Welsh): crusade
Ancestry of “croesgad”, step by step
croesgad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh croes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | croes | cross; cross, transverse; contrary, adverse |
| 2 | Welsh | gwyrdd | green |
| 3 | Latin | viridis | green; young, fresh, lively, youthful |
| 4 | Latin | vireō | to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth |
| 5 | Latin | -idae | — |
via Welsh cad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | cad | battle, army; impersonal preterite of cael |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | katus | battle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kéh₃tus | fight |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |