Lutheran

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kóryos“war; troops”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*harjaz“army; commander, warrior”
3. German · derived fromLutheraner
4. Renaissance Latin · derived fromLutheranus
5. English todayLutheran

From the surname of German theologian and ecclesiastical reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) + -an. Probably immediately from Renaissance Latin Lutheranus, or German Lutheraner. Luther is from an Old High German given name, from liut (“people”) + heri (“army”) (from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war; troops”), from *ker- (“army”)).

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