Etymology

baptizer

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Today it means: One who baptizes. Full definition →

English baptize ← Middle English baptisen ← Old French baptiser
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂bʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷh₂bʰyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gʷápt͏̌ō
  4. Ancient Greekβάπτω (báptō)
  5. Ancient Greekβαπτίζω (baptízō)
  6. Late Latinbaptizō
  7. Old Frenchbaptiser
  8. Middle Englishbaptisen
  9. Englishbaptize
  10. English todaybaptizer

From baptize + -er.

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