Old English · noun
Crist
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /krist/
- Syllables
- krist (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- christ
Meaning
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Christ
Christ was on the cross, yet there in haste from afar came noble men unto him.
c. 800, Ruthwell Cross
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, the Messiah”, literally “the anointed one”), from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives)…
Descendants
christ
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