Baptist

German (Berlin)

/bapˈtɪst/

proper noun

Definitions

(Christianity) the Baptist title of John the Baptist

Etymology

Derived from Latin baptista derived from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής.

Origin

Ancient Greek

βαπτιστής

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

baptista Latin
battista Italian
baptista Spanish, Castilian
bautista Spanish, Castilian
βαπτιστής Ancient Greek
βᾰπτῐ́ζω Ancient Greek
baptist Norwegian Bokmål
batista Portuguese
baptist Norwegian Nynorsk
baptiste Old French
baptista Catalan, Valencian