Cristo

See also: cristo and cristo-

English

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾisto̝/

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ

Derived terms

References

  • Cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • Cristo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • 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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Hyphenation: Crì‧sto

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ
  2. a figure of Christ, crucifix

See also

Anagrams

Portuguese

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾis.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾis.to/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
  • Homophone: cristo
  • Hyphenation: Cris‧to

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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Syllabification: Cris‧to

Proper noun

Cristo m

  1. Christ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: Kristo
  • Guaraní: Kirito

References

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