Christian
English
/ˈkɹɪʃtʃən/
noun
Definitions
- A believer in Christianity.
- An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
- (obsolete) A European.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Cristien derived from Old French chrestien derived from Latin Christianus (Christian) derived from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Christian).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Χριστιανός
Gloss
Christian
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Afro-Christianity English
- Christianese English
- Christianess English
- Christianish English
- Christianist English
- Christianistic English
- Christianity English
- Christianization English
- Christianize English
- Christianlike English
- Christianly English
- Christianness English
- Christianoid English
- Christianophobe English
- Christianophobia English
- Christianopolis English
- Christiany English
- Judaeo-Christian English
- Judeo-Christian English
- Judeo-Islamo-Christian English
- anti-Christian English
- antichristian English
- antichristianly English
- christianite English
- de-Christianise English
- dechristianize English
- even-christian English
- miso-Christian English
- neo-Christianity English
- paleochristian English
- pre-Christian English
- un-Christian English
- unchristian English
- unchristianize English
- unchristianlike English
- unchristianly English
- unchristianness English
- *christiānus Latin
- Christianismus Latin
- Christianus Latin
- Christiānitātem, Christiānitās Latin
- Christiānus Latin
- Chrīstiānus Latin
- Chrīstus Latin
- christianus Latin
- chrétien French
- crétin French
- христиа́н Russian
- Χριστιανός Ancient Greek
- Χριστιᾱνός Ancient Greek
- Χρῑστιᾱνός Ancient Greek
- *gʰrey- Proto-Indo-European
- Kristian Swedish
- クリスチャン Japanese
- Cristiente Middle English
- Crist Middle English
- Cristenli Middle English
- Cristien Middle English
- Cristiente Middle English
- evencristen Middle English
- uncristen Middle English
- Christian Danish
- chrestien Old French
- คริสเตียน Thai
- Christian Cebuano
- Kristiāns Latvian
- Krišjānis Latvian
- ခရစ်ယာန် Burmese
- crestien Middle French
- crischão Old Portuguese
- crishtin Aromanian
- Kūrjin Marshallese
- Kristen Tok Pisin
- Christiany
- Christianly
- unchristian
- un-Christian
- Christianish
- christianite
- Christianess
- Christianize
- Christianist
- Christianese
- Christianity
- Christianoid
- antichristian
- unchristianly
- Christianlike
- pre-Christian
- Christianness
- dechristianize
- anti-Christian
- Christianistic
- miso-Christian
- paleochristian
- even-christian
- unchristianize
- Judeo-Christian
- Christianopolis
- de-Christianise
- unchristianlike
- unchristianness
- Christianophobe
- antichristianly
- Christianization
- Judaeo-Christian
- neo-Christianity
- Christianophobia
- Afro-Christianity
- Judeo-Islamo-Christian