baptize

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαπτίζω“to immerse, plunge, baptize”
2. Late Latin · derived frombaptizāre
3. Old French · derived frombaptiser
4. Middle English · inherited frombaptisen
5. English todaybaptize

From Middle English baptisen, baptizen, from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptize”).

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