Where does “ခရေတ်” come from?
ခရေတ် (Mon) comes from Burmese ခရစ်, from English Christ, from Middle English Crist, from Old English Crīst, from Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, from Ancient Greek χρίω, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
ခရေတ် (Mon): Christ
Definitions
- Christ
Ancestry of “ခရေတ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ခရစ် | Christ |
| 2 | English | Christ | A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus... |
| 3 | Middle English | Crist | (Jesus) Christ |
| 4 | Old English | Crīst | Christ |
| 5 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |