Where does “chi-rho” come from?

chi-rho (English) comes from English Chi, from English Chicago, from French Chécagou, from Miami šikaakwa, from Proto-Algonquian šeka·kwa, from Proto-Algonquian šek- — to urinate.

chi-rho (English): The combination ☧ of the Greek letters chi and rho, used as a Christogram

Definitions

  1. The combination ☧ of the Greek letters chi and rho, used as a Christogram

Ancestry of “chi-rho”, step by step

chi-rho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Chi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChiChihuahua
2EnglishChicagolocated on Lake Michigan
3FrenchChécagou—
4Miamišikaakwathe striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
5Proto-Algonquianšeka·kwaskunk
6Proto-Algonquianšek-to urinate

via English Rho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRhoAny of a family of GTP-binding proteins
2Ancient Greekῥῶrho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of...
3Phoenician𐤓‬—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian šek- →