English
cruciger
Cruciger comes from Latin cruciger ‘cross-bearing’, from gerō ‘to carry, bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcruciger‘cross-bearing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘to carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcruciger‘cross-bearing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
Earliest quotation: 1880, Yale University: “Æ 19.8 Full-faced bust of emp., with diadem surmounted…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, strategy, agency, actor, agent, suggest, essay, agenda, activate, acre, agony, squat, agile, ambiguous, agility, antagonist, assay, ambiguity, agrarian, agitation, axiom, digestion, antagonism, agonist, radium, actuator, agitate, antagonize, cogent, actuation, digestible, samaj, stratagem, inexact, agonize, glucagon, 139 more
through Latin gerō ‘to carry, bear’
register, suggestion, gesture, congestion, digest, gestation, ingestion, progesterone, ingest, belligerent, agger, gestion, gerund, 13 more
Today it means
adj Bearing a cross, in the manner of a globus cruciger; crucigerous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / cruciger