crosse
French
noun
Definitions
- butt (of rifle etc.)
- stick
- crosier
- (France) hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club
- lacrosse
- (Canada) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French crosse inherited from Old French crosse (shepherd's staff) derived from Frankish *krukkija derived from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (crutch, staff).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krukjō
Gloss
crutch, staff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crosse English
- crutch English
- crutcher English
- crutchless English
- crutchlike English
- lacrosse English
- kruk Dutch, Flemish
- crosse de fougère French
- crosser French
- fougère French
- la French
- lacrosse French
- *grewg- Proto-Indo-European
- crossa Portuguese
- *krukjō Proto-Germanic
- lacrosse Polish
- crycc Old English
- cryċċ Old English
- crucche Middle English
- croce Old French
- crosse Old French
- crucke Middle Dutch
- krucka Old High German
- grucho Ido
- lacrosse Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- krucke Middle High German
- crosse Middle French
- *krukka Old Dutch
- krucke Middle Low German
- krukka Old Saxon
- *krukkija Frankish
- *krukkja Frankish
- krikke West Flemish
- *krukkja lng