Where does “Baptist” come from?
Baptist derives from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής, formed with the agent suffix -τής from the verb -ῐ́ζω, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂bʰ-, meaning to dip or immerse.
Baptist (English): An adherent of a Protestant denomination of...
Definitions
- An adherent of a Protestant denomination of...
Ancestry of “Baptist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | baptist | A baptist; John the Baptist; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Old French | baptiste | baptist |
| 3 | Latin | baptista | baptizer, baptist |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βαπτιστής | baptist |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βαπτίζω | to dip, plunge; to immerse; to drown, sink |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάπτω | I dip, submerge; I dye, colour; I baptise |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷápťō | to dip, submerge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷh₂bʰ-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeh₂bʰ- | to dive, dive in |