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Where does “evangelistic” come from?

Evangelistic derives from English evangelist, influenced by French -ique and Latin -icus suffixes, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὖ meaning well and ἄγγελος meaning messenger.

evangelistic (English): Pertaining to evangelism or evangelists;...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to evangelism or evangelists;...

Ancestry of “evangelistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “evangelistic”

  • evangelistically
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