Cristo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Cristo, Portuguese Cristo or Italian Cristo).
Proper noun edit
Cristo (plural Cristos)
- A surname from the Romance languages.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cristo is the 37180th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Cristo is most common among White (53.83%) and Hispanic/Latino (42.0%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cristo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cristo m
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “Cristo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “Cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “Cristo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cristo m
Related terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cristo m
- (Christianity) Christ (title given to Jesus as the messiah)
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: キリスト (Kirisuto)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Christus.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cristo m
Derived terms edit
- armar la de Dios es Cristo
- azote de Cristo
- corona de Cristo
- Cristo con todos
- cuerpo de Cristo
- donde Cristo dio las tres voces
- donde Cristo perdió el boli
- donde Cristo perdió el gorro
- era de Cristo
- la de Dios es Cristo
- llagas de Cristo
- ni Cristo que lo fundó
- ojo al Cristo
- por los clavos de Cristo
- sacar el cristo
- túnica de Cristo
- voto a Cristo
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos