Etymology

baptist

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Today it means: An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants. Full definition →

Middle English baptist ← Old French baptiste ← Late Latin baptista
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαπτιστής
  2. Late Latin · derived frombaptista
  3. Old French · derived frombaptiste
  4. Middle English · inherited frombaptist
  5. English todaybaptist

From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

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