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 37180^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cristo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.

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Galician

The baptism of Jesus Christ, Labrada, Guitiriz

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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

• cristián
• cristiandade
• cristianismo
• cristo
• cristoloxía

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Cristo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Cristo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Cristo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Italian

Etymology

From 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): /ˈkri.sto/

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• Rhymes: -isto
• Hyphenation: Crì‧sto

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ
2. a figure of Christ, crucifix

Related terms

• avanti Cristo
• dopo Cristo
• cristiano
• Cristiana
• Cristiano

• Cristina
• cristianesimo
• cristocentrismo
• cristolatria
• cristologia

See also

• crocifisso
• Gesù

Anagrams

• crosti, scorti, scroti, storci

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾis.tu/
• Hyphenation: Cris‧to

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ (the messiah who was named Jesus)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Christo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ

Derived terms

• armar la de Dios es Cristo
• la de Dios es Cristo
• por los clavos de Cristo

Related terms

• anticristo
• cristiano

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Kristo