Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
adv
From one side to the other. · On the other side. · In a particular direction. · Horizontally.
prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest). · On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). · across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). · From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Old French en Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin crux Old French crois Anglo-Norman an croizbor. Middle English acros English across From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.
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This page abbreviates 5 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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