even-christian

The story

1. Old English · inherited from*efencristena“fellow-Christian”
2. Middle English · inherited fromevencristen
3. English todayeven-Christian

From Middle English evencristen, evencristene, from Old English *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), from efn- (“co-, fellow”) + cristena (“Christian”). Cognate with Old Frisian ivinkerstena, evnkristena (“fellow-Christian”), Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”).