Dechant

Meaning

dean (kind of church official)

Concepts

dean

Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈçant/
Etymology

From Middle High German dechant, techant, from Old High German tehhant, tehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *dekan (“deacon”), from Latin decanus (“dean”). Doublet of Dekan, a 15th-century borrowing. In Middle Low German dēken, the full vowel in the second syllable was protected by adaptation to various Latin suffixes. The initial d- was also restored by relatinisation; compare already Old High German degan (possibly from spoken Romance).

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