Etymograph

English

Grosskreutz

Grosskreutz comes from German Großkreutz ‘great cross’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGroßkreutz‘great cross’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Grosskreutz

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGroßkreutz‘great cross’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Grosskreutz

Earliest quotation: 2011, Sam Lyon, Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal: “Kevin Grosskreutz fired over when well-placed in the box,…”

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Großkreutz / Grosskreutz