βαπτίζω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to dip, plunge
- to immerse
- (passive) to drown, sink (of ships)
- to get wet, soak
- to wash, clean with water, clean by dipping or submerging
- (passive) to bathe
- to draw water (or other liquid)
- (Christianity) to baptize
- (passive) to perform ablutions
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek βάπτω (dip, dye, I dip, I submerge).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βάπτω
Gloss
dip, dye, I dip, I submerge
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baptisma Latin
- baptismus Latin
- baptizare Latin
- baptizatio Latin
- baptizator Latin
- baptizo Latin
- baptizō Latin
- baptīzāre Latin
- baptīzō Latin
- batizāre Latin
- batizō Latin
- battezzare Italian
- bautizar Spanish, Castilian
- βάπτισμα Ancient Greek
- βάπτω Ancient Greek
- βαπτῑ́ζω Ancient Greek
- βαφή Ancient Greek
- χρυσοβαφής Ancient Greek
- ὀξύβαφον Ancient Greek
- ὑσγινοβαφής Ancient Greek
- baptisme Norwegian Bokmål
- baptisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- baptiser Old French
- baptisier Old French
- baptoier Old French
- batejar Catalan, Valencian
- bautizar Galician
- βάπτισμα Greek (modern)
- βαπτίζω Greek (modern)
- bâptîsi Norman
- pagëzoj Albanian
- batiçar Old Portuguese
- bautizar Old Portuguese
- batiâ Friulian
- بپتسمہ Urdu
- ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲍⲉ Coptic
- ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ Coptic
- batexemar Venetian
- batizxar Venetian
- βάφω gkm
- *gʷápťō Proto-Hellenic