Meanings
Cruz1
alternative Crus
- A surname from Ibero-Romance.
From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times writes some stilted, breathless article about the meme as disinformation.
2022 May 9, Max Read, “What Is “The Current Thing”?”, in Slate, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2022
Cruz2
Origin
Cruz · proper noun
- SpanishCruz
- PortugueseCruz
- EnglishCruz
From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).
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Full word history & related roots →Cruz · proper noun
- Ibaloikurus“the hanging of horns of sacrificed animals”
- EnglishCruz
Derived from Ibaloi kurus (“the hanging of horns of sacrificed animals”), wherein it took place in the area.
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Hindi क्रुस
- क्रुस (krus)Translations
Portuguese Cruz
- CruzTranslations
Spanish Cruz
- CruzTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Cruz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cruz
“Cruz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cruz. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cruz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cruz.
Source: Cruz on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.