Masculine
Cristo
Meaning
Christ (title given to Jesus as the Messiah)
Concepts
The Lord
Jesus of Nazareth
Deliverer
the Nazarene
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɾis.tu/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper-noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
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