Where does “Christ” come from?
Christ comes from Latin Christus, derived from Ancient Greek Χριστός, meaning anointed, ultimately from Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ and Proto-Indo-European gʰer-.
Christ (English): A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus...
Definitions
- A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus...
Ancestry of “Christ”, step by step
Christ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English Crist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Crist | (Jesus) Christ |
| 2 | Old English | Crīst | Christ |
| 3 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Ecclesiastical Latin Christus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | Christus | Christ |