christianity

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΧριστιανός
2. Latin · derived fromchristianus
3. Old French · derived fromcrestienté
4. Middle English · inherited fromCristiente
5. English todayChristianity

From Middle English Cristiente, Cristente, borrowed from Old French crestienté, from Medieval Latin stem of Chrīstiānitās, from Latin christianus, Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, anointed one”) + Latin -anus (“suffix for of, related to”) + one more suffix borrowed from Latin "ity" makes the final Christian + -ity. The term was respelled in the early modern English period to more closely reflect its Latin etymon.

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