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French word croix comes from Proto-Indo-European *kor-, and later Old French crois (Cross. Crossroads.)

*kor- (Proto-Indo-European)

crux (Latin)

(derogatory) gallows bird; one who deserves to be hanged. (figuratively) torture; misery. Wooden frame on which criminals were crucified, especially a cross.

crois (Old French)

Cross. Crossroads.

croix (Middle French)

Cross.

croix (French)

(heraldiccharge) a representation of a cross; the cross as a heraldic symbol. Cross (shape).

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