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The crucifix, maybe not the cross. The cross, historically comes from the Latin abriviation for Jesus, PX. Which would then evolve over time to the Roman Cross that looks like a lower case letter t.
The word for cross in Latin refered to an upright pole, a pole with a top beam like the capital letter T and two cross beams like the letter X before this.
Greek, not Latin. It's called the Chi Rho for the first two letters of Christ in Greek - ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho