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

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “Cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Cristo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • Cristo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

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)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ

Derived terms

Descendants

References