English
acrosswise
From across + -wise.
Formed from across + -wise
Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis
Latin crux ‘cross’
Old French croiz ‘in the form of a cross’
Middle English a-croiz
Middle English acros ‘in the shape of a cross’
English across
Today it means
adv In a way that goes across; crosswise.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / acrosswise