Cristo

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See also: cristo and cristo-

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Cristo, Portuguese Cristo or Italian Cristo).

Proper noun

Cristo (plural Cristos)

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.

Statistics

  • 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

Galician

The baptism of Jesus Christ, Labrada, Guitiriz

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ

Derived terms

References

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, the anointed one), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, anointed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkri.sto/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Hyphenation: Crì‧sto

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ
  2. a figure of Christ, crucifix

See also

Anagrams

Portuguese

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The baptism of Jesus Christ, Labrada, Guitiriz

Etymology

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

 

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. (Christianity) Christ (title given to Jesus as the messiah)

Descendants

  • Japanese: キリスト (Kirisuto)
  • Vietnamese: 基移吹蘇 (Ki-ri-xi-tô)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Christus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾisto/
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Syllabification: Cris‧to

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “Cristo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos