Etymograph

English

cruciger

Cruciger comes from Latin cruciger ‘cross-bearing’, from gerō ‘to carry, bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō1‘to carry, bear’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcruciger2‘cross-bearing’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1880cruciger2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin cruciger
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English cruciger
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1880, Yale University: “Æ 19.8 Full-faced bust of emp., with diadem surmounted…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-Wiktionary, Latin crucigerreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezōWiktionary, Latin cruciger‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerōWiktionary, Latin cruciger‘to carry, bear’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrucigerWiktionary, English cruciger‘cross-bearing’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1880crucigerWiktionary, English cruciger. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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, 138 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cruciger”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin cruciger. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / cruciger

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