Etymology

evangelical

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Today it means: Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general. Full definition →

Old French evangelique ← Latin evangelium ← Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεὐαγγέλιον“good news”
  2. Latin · derived fromevangelium
  3. Old French · derived fromevangelique
  4. English todayevangelical

From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchevangelique all →

evangelic

Latinevangelium all →

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Ancient Greekεὐαγγέλιον all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.