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 and Old 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 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

See also

Anagrams


Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin Christus.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: Cris‧to

Proper noun

Cristo m

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

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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