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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.

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

• cristián
• cristiandade
• cristianismo
• cristo
• cristoloxía

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 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾis.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: Cris‧to

Proper noun

Cristo m

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Christo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cristo m

1. Christ

Derived terms

• armar la de Dios es Cristo
• cuerpo de Cristo
• la de Dios es Cristo
• ni Cristo que lo fundó
• por los clavos de Cristo

 

Related terms

• anticristo
• cristiano

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Kristo
• → Guaraní: Kirito