Recrossed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Crossed a line, path or boundary once more after having already crossed it earlier
2. Went back over a street, river or threshold for a second time in the same journey
3. Traversed again something that had been passed over before, retracing a previous crossing

Etymology: "Recrossed" is simply the past tense and past participle of "recross," so it is the form of a verb meaning to cross again. The verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning again, attached to "cross," which reached English from Old English "cros," borrowed from Latin "crux" and ultimately tied to the same ancient root that gave the Latin word for a stake or cross-shaped frame. Its roots run through Old Norse "kross" and Old Irish "cros," which show how widely the word travelled across northern Europe before settling into English.