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Where does “biblicist” come from?

biblicist (English) comes from Romanian biblic, from French biblique, from Latin biblicus, from Latin Biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον, from Ancient Greek βυβλίον, from Ancient Greek βύβλος — deity, god.

biblicist (English): Of, relating, or characteristic of biblicism; A...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating, or characteristic of biblicism; A...

Ancestry of “biblicist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbiblic—
2Frenchbibliquebiblical
3Latinbiblicusbiblical
4LatinBiblia—
5Ancient Greekβιβλίαnominative/accusative/vocative plural of βιβλίον
6Ancient GreekβιβλίονStrip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any...
7Ancient GreekβυβλίονStrip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any...
8Ancient Greekβύβλοςpapyrus; book
9Phoenician𐤂𐤁𐤋—
10Phoenician𐤀𐤋god, deity
11Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god
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