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Christus

(Englisch)

Christ (Jesus seen as the messiah)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈkʁɪstʊs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin Christus. Widely displaced the inherited form Christ (from Middle High German Krist) since the 16th century, as the latter had become homophonous with the word for “Christian” (Middle High German kriste(n)).

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