only-begotten

Meaning

1. Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father)
2. One of the attributes of Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father.

Translations

unigenito

eniggeboren

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oonlybigeten

Cognate with Middle English: only geten

Cognate with Middle English: onbygoten

In summary

From Middle English oonlybigeten, equivalent to only + begotten. Compare also Middle English only geten, oonly geten (“only-begotten”, literally “only-gotten”) and Middle English onbygoten, oon be-gotyn, one bygeten, oon bigetun, oon bigeten (“only-begotten”, literally “one-begotten”). Calque of Latin ūnigenitus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs).