Christ
Sentences
Meaning
Synonyms
Jesus of Nazareth
the Nazarene
Deliverer
Jesús
Republic of El Salvador
prince of peace
the Lord’s Anointed
Jeshua
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɹaɪst/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.
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