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lacrosse

luh-KRAWSS · noun

Canadian FrenchEnglish

Origin

Lacrosse comes from Canadian French la crosse, meaning "the stick."

Journey

The name simply named the tool used to play the game, and that name stuck as the sport itself.

Related words

No related English cognate is given in the record, beyond its direct borrowing from French.

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