baptism

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβάπτισμα“dipping, baptism”
2. Late Latin · derived frombaptisma
3. Old French · derived frombatesme
4. Middle English · inherited frombapteme
5. English todaybaptism

From Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”). Displaced native Old English fulwiht.