Crost
/krɒst/noun
An archaic or dialectal past tense and past participle of “cross.”
Did you know?“Crost” preserves an older English past-tense pattern, while the verb “cross” ultimately traces back to the Latin word for the instrument of crucifixion, crux.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
crux
“A cross, especially an instrument of execution or torture”
Early Medieval Period
Old Irish
crois
“A cross, borrowed from Latin crux”
Old English
Old English
cros
“A cross; the Christian symbol or instrument of execution”
Middle English
Middle English
crossen
“To cross, pass over, or intersect”
Middle English
Middle English
crost
“An older past-tense form meaning “crossed””
Modern English
English
crost
“An obsolete or dialectal form of “crossed,” preserved in some historical and regional usage”