Where does “Christian-nameless” come from?
Christian-nameless (English) comes from English christian name, from English christian, from Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Christiānus, from Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, from Ancient Greek χρίω — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
Christian-nameless (English): Without a Christian name
Definitions
- Without a Christian name
Ancestry of “Christian-nameless”, step by step
Christian-nameless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English christian name
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | christian name | A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism |
| 2 | English | christian | A believer in Christianity |
| 3 | Middle English | Cristien | Christian; of those who believe in Christ;... |
| 4 | Old French | chrestien | Christian |
| 5 | Latin | Christiānus | Christian |
| 6 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |