priester
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈpris.tər/
noun
Definitions
- (religion) priest, clergyman, religious officiant
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch priester derived from Latin presbyter (elder, priest) derived from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (elder, older, senior).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρεσβύτερος
Gloss
elder, older, senior
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- presbyter English
- *preptо̄ Latin
- *previter Latin
- preb(i)ter Latin
- presbyter Latin
- prev(i)ter Latin
- previter Latin
- presbitero Italian
- aartspriester Dutch, Flemish
- celibaat Dutch, Flemish
- dorp Dutch, Flemish
- dorpspriester Dutch, Flemish
- hogepriesteres Dutch, Flemish
- priestercelibaat Dutch, Flemish
- priesteres Dutch, Flemish
- priesterlijk Dutch, Flemish
- priesterschap Dutch, Flemish
- πρέσβῠς Ancient Greek
- πρεσβύτερος Ancient Greek
- prezbiter Polish
- preost Old English
- prēost Old English
- prēost, preost Old English
- preispitéir Irish
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- arcipreste Galician
- priester Middle Dutch
- priester Afrikaans
- preire Occitan
- priast Dalmatian
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- prit Romagnol