Where does “discipleship” come from?
Discipleship derives from Middle English -schipe, Old English -scipe, and Latin discipulus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwís and dwóh₁, meaning two, referring to the relationship between teacher and learner.
discipleship (English): The condition of being a disciple; The period...
Definitions
- The condition of being a disciple; The period...
Ancestry of “discipleship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | disciple | A person who learns from another, especially one... |
| 2 | Middle English | disciple | — |
| 3 | Old English | discipul | scholar; disciple |
| 4 | Latin | discipulus | student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet |
| 5 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |