crucifix
Meaningfixed to a cross
Common meaning: a model of a cross with Christ
- cruca cross, gallowsLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 485 · scan
- fixto fasten, fixLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 748 · scan
‘a cross, gallows’ + ‘to fasten, fix’ → crucifix
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- cruc — Latin crux, crucis “a cross, gallows” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- fix — Latin fīgō, fīxī, fīxum “to fasten, fix” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin crux ‘a cross, gallows’ + Latin fīgō ‘to fasten, fix’.
Did you know (Latin crux, "a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry crux, p. 485 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin figere, fixum,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fīgō, p. 748 · dictionary scan
Roots
- crux, crucis Latin “a cross, gallows”
- fīgō, fīxī, fīxum Latin “to fasten, fix”
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