proselyte
English
/ˈpɹɒs.ɪlˌaɪt/, /ˈpɹɑs.ɪlˌaɪt/
noun
Definitions
- One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
Etymology
Affix from English prose derived from Old French proselite derived from Latin proselutus derived from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (convert, proselyte, one that has arrived at, sojourner, newcomer, one who has come over to Judaism, stranger) derived from Hebrew (modern) גר.
Origin
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
גר
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiproselytism English
- beprose English
- prosal English
- prose English
- proselike English
- proselyter English
- proselytess English
- proselytic English
- proselytism English
- proselytist English
- proselytization English
- proselytize English
- proselytizer English
- proseman English
- proser English
- prosewise English
- prosification English
- prosify English
- prosimetrical English
- prosing English
- prosy English
- rhymeprose English
- technoprose English
- transprose English
- unproselyte English
- proselutus Latin
- proselytus Latin
- prose French
- προσήλυτος Ancient Greek
- proselite Old French
- גר Hebrew (modern)