Etymology

archabbot

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Today it means: In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation). Full definition →

English abbot ← Old English abbod ← Latin abbātem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  4. Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
  5. Latinarchi-
  6. Old Englisharċe-
  7. Middle Englisharch-
  8. Englisharch-
  9. Proto-Afroasiatic*ʔab-
  10. Proto-Semitic*ʔabw-
  11. Aramaicאַבָּא (ʾabbā)
  12. Ancient Greekἀββα (abba)
  13. Ancient Greekἀββᾶς (abbâs)
  14. Latinabbās
  15. Latinabbātem
  16. Old Englishabbod
  17. Englishabbot
  18. English todayarchabbot

From arch- + abbot.

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