| 1 | Middle English | Cristiente | — |
| 2 | Old French | crestienté | Christianity; Christendom |
| 3 | Latin | Christiānitās | — |
| 4 | Latin | Christiānus | — |
| 5 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to smear with , rub on something; to anoint with... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |