across

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   from one side of something to the other

   We walked across the bridge to reach the old town.

2. 2
   prep

   on the opposite side of something

   The bakery is just across the street from my house.

3. 3
   adv

   from one side to the other; measured from side to side

   The river is nearly a mile across at this point.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Old French en Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Latin crux Old French crois Anglo-Norman an croizbor. Middle English acros English across From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.

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