Etymology

crosswind

C3R1O1S1S1W4I1N1D2

Today it means: A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly. Full definition →

English wind ← Middle English wynd ← Old English wind
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  13. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  14. Proto-West Germanic*wind
  15. Old Englishwind
  16. Middle Englishwynd
  17. Englishwind
  18. English todaycrosswind

From cross- + wind.

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