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Where does “Pentecostal” come from?

Pentecostal derives from English Pentecost, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή meaning "fiftieth day," from πεντηκοστός, from πεντήκοντα "fifty," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe(d)ḱomt.

Pentecostal (English): Of, or relating to Pentecost; Of, or relating to...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to Pentecost; Of, or relating to...

Ancestry of “Pentecostal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPentecost—
2Middle EnglishPentecoste—
3Old Englishpentecosten—
4Ecclesiastical LatinpentecosteAlternative letter-case form of Pentēcostē
5Koine GreekπεντηκοστήPentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which...
6Ancient GreekπεντηκοστήPentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which...
7Ancient Greekπεντηκοστόςfiftieth
8Ancient Greekπεντήκονταfifty
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomth₂—
10Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—

Words derived from “Pentecostal”

  • Pentecostalism
  • Pentecostalist
  • Pentecostally
  • neo-Pentecostal
  • Neo-Pentecostal
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