Etymology

crossvein

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Today it means: A vein of ore that intersects another. Full definition →

English vein ← Middle English veine ← Old French veine
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
  3. Latincrux
  4. Old Irishcros
  5. Old Norsekross
  6. Old Englishcros
  7. Middle Englishcross
  8. Middle Englishcros-
  9. Englishcross-
  10. Latinvēna
  11. Old Frenchveine
  12. Middle Englishveine
  13. Englishvein
  14. English todaycrossvein

From cross- + vein.

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