crux

English

/kɹʌks/

noun
Definitions
  • The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
  • The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
  • A puzzle or difficulty.
  • (climbing) The hardest point of a climb.
  • (heraldiccharge) A cross on a coat of arms.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crux (cross, a cross, wooden frame for execution) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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