Etymology

cruise

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Today it means: A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. Full definition →

Dutch kruisen ← Middle Dutch cruce ← Latin crux
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcrux
  2. Middle Dutch · derived fromcruce
  3. Dutch · borrowed fromkruisen“cross, sail around”
  4. English todaycruise

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

Words from the same roots

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