The story
- Coptic · derived fromϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ“son of God”
- Egyptian Arabic · derived fromشنودة
- English todayShenouda
From Egyptian Arabic شنودة (šinūda), held by various Coptic popes, from Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ (šenouti, “son of God”), from ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri, “son”) + ⲛⲟⲩϯ (nouti, “god, God”), popularized by the abbot St Shenoute the Great. Doublet of Shenoute.
Words from the same roots
Copticϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ all →
Shenoute
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.