Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. · A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre. · An area of sixty-four square yards. · A measure of five and a half yards in length.
From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”). Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.
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