The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΧρῑστιᾱνός
- Latin · derived fromChrīstiānus
- Old French · derived fromchrestien
- Middle English · inherited fromCristien
- English todayChristian
From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.
Words from the same roots
LatinChrīstiānus all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.