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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπαραβαπτιστής
- English todayparabaptist
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβαπτιστής (parabaptistḗs), from παραβαπτίζω (parabaptízō, “to baptize without authority”). By surface analysis, para- + baptist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.