# Cristo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Cristo, Portuguese Cristo or Italian Cristo).

### Proper noun

Cristo (plural Cristos)
* A surname from the Romance languages.

#### Related terms

* Santo Cristo

#### 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

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

## Galician
### 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: /ˈkɾisto̝/

### Proper noun

Cristo m
* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* Christo (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkri.sto/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -isto
* Hyphenation: Crì‧sto

### Proper noun

Cristo m
* Christ
* a figure of Christ, crucifix

#### Related terms

* avanti Cristo
* Cristiana
* cristianesimo
* Cristiano
* cristiano
* Cristina
* cristocentrismo
* cristolatria
* cristologia
* dopo Cristo

#### See also

* crocifisso
* Gesù

### Anagrams

* crosti, scorti, scroti, storci

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Christo (pre-standardization)

### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾis.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾis.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾis.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
* Homophone: cristo
* Hyphenation: Cris‧to

### Proper noun

Cristo m
* (Christianity) Christ (title given to Jesus as the messiah)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: キリスト (Kirisuto)
* → Vietnamese: 基移吹蘇 (Ki-ri-xi-tô)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Christo (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Christus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -isto
* Syllabification: Cris‧to

### Proper noun

Cristo m
* Christ

#### Derived terms

* armar la de Dios es Cristo
* azote de Cristo
* corona de Cristo
* Cristo con todos
* cristología
* cuerpo de Cristo
* donde Cristo dio las tres voces
* donde Cristo perdió el boli
* donde Cristo perdió el gorro
* era de Cristo
* la de Dios es Cristo
* llagas de Cristo
* ni Cristo que lo fundó
* ojo al Cristo
* por los clavos de Cristo
* sacar el cristo
* túnica de Cristo
* voto a Cristo

#### Related terms

* anticristo
* cristiano

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: Kristo
* → Guaraní: Kirito

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “Cristo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos