Masculino

Christus

(Inglês)

Christ (Jesus seen as the messiah)

Freqüência

B2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈkʁɪstʊs/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin Christus. Widely displaced the inherited form Christ (from Middle High German Krist) since the 16th century, as the latter had become homophonous with the word for “Christian” (Middle High German kriste(n)).

Related words

Jesus da Galiléia

Jesus Nazareno

Jesus de Nazaré

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