lacrosse is french for the cane
The word lacrosse comes from the French word 'la crosse' meaning 'the stick'.
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the word lacrosse comes from the french phrase the cross... la is the and the cross in lacrosse is your stick.
the french. it is belived to be named after the canes carried by bishops called crosses, which the french thought resembled the lacrosse sticks.
French pioneers saw native americans playing the game and noted the lacrosse stick looked like the bishop's crosse so they named the game lacrosse
it comes from the french word "la crosse" which translated means "the stick"
Lacrosse was originally a native american sport that the settlers of North America picked up and it morphed into the modern day sport. It was originally played by the Iroquois tribe and was called lacrosse by a French man who first called it the sticking French which is lacrosse.
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yes it was la crosse after the cross. it was french Before it was called lacrosse, the Native Americans called it "Baggataway" which means "little brother of war". The Iroquois believe lacrosse to be a gift from the Creator. To be played for the Creator's enjoyment and to heal.
Lacrosse is a native origin game, it was played to train for war,moarn a death, or honor a god. Lacrosse was first seen and documented by a french soldier who called it lacrosse because of them using sticks. The first person to make a club and might as well be the father of lacrosse was Dr. William George Beers.
Lacrosse was started by the native americans. It was created to train warriors for battle and settle tribal disputes. It was then discovered by the french or the british who then called it lacrosse because the stick that was used to play the game resembled the cross (kinda like a staff like thing) that the duke carried.