baptême

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.tɛm/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French baptesme, from Old French batesme, bapteme, baptesme (earlier batesma), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma), and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós). Doublet of baptisme.

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