Proto-Italic

*kruks

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *kruks.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *kruks, most familiar first.

• cruise ← kruisen ← kruis ← cruce ← crux
• crusade ← croisade ← croisade ← croisade ← crois
• crouch ← crouche ← crūċ ← crux
• crucible ← crucibulum ← crux
• excruciating ← excruciō ← cruciō ← crux
• cruciform ← crux
• croisade ← crois ← crux
• cruciation ← cruciatio ← cruciō ← crux
• crunode ← crux
• crucigerous ← crux
• excruciate ← excruciātus ← crucio ← crux

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kruks